{"id":15757,"date":"2025-11-15T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15757"},"modified":"2025-11-15T08:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:18:05","slug":"saturdays-critters-the-last-cardinal-of-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15757","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s  Critters &#8211; The Last Cardinal of Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rFvptH\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54924692315_a9d03ab5ee_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lizzy Taking a Nap\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody naps as hard or as peacefully as our Lizzy the cat. She loves taking naps on the back of our sofa. Sometimes she&#8217;ll use one of the dog beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rEEzCn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54915165969_3692929148_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sorry for the bad photo!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I walked into our family room the other day and all three critters were staring at me. What were they up to? I never figured it out. From left to right is Kodi the Pomeranian, Lizzy the Cat, and Sadie the terrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Last Cardinal of Fall\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XYH9TQ1MGV8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a bad efeeder owner. I let the feeder run out of food and just plain forgot about it. I decided to take it down, clean it out and store it for a little while. While checking the app, the only bird that showed up the last several weeks was this lonely, hungry male cardinal. Boy did I feel bad. It&#8217;s only an 11 second video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m linking with Eileen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2025\/11\/saturdays-critters-622.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2025\/11\/saturdays-critters-622.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a>. Go check it out, lots of animal lovers and great photobloggers link up with her. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody naps as hard or as peacefully as our Lizzy the cat. She loves taking naps on the back of our sofa. Sometimes she&#8217;ll use one of the dog beds. I walked into our family room the other day and all three critters were staring at me. What were they up to? 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