An Interesting Bird Story

My mom loved birds too and she had a unique way with them.  She loved cardinals and trained one in her neighborhood to come to her when she called him.  She named him Red and would put sunflower seeds on a tray, hold it out, shake it and holler, "Here Red."  Pretty soon you'd see this cardinal flying over backyard fences towards my mom.  Sometimes he would bring his wife and after his babies were older, he'd even bring them with him.  I know this is hard to believe.  Anytime we had little kids visit they would ask my Mom to call Red.  I only saw Red flying in; my mom and dad told me about the female and/or younger birds. ~ Bernadine Teague in Missouri