Tracey Ormerod

Canadian Nature Photographer | Writer

Brilliant

June 23

A male cardinal perched on the edge of a bird bath
They dart by so quickly. Good thing, because their brilliance catches they eye–a dangerous disadvantage in their world.
But then he landed and looked at me.
What was he was thinking as our eyes met? Did he feel sorry for me in my bigness, my clumsy groundedness, my paleness of skin, all plucked and featherless?