
Photo: Steven Meisel
A sweet gesture is caught on camera.
Steven Meisel captured a pair of lovebirds outside his kitchen window. “I thought the interaction between the male and female cardinals was a perfect example of courtship behavior,” the amateur photographer says. “While obviously a female cardinal can feed herself, a male will place food in her mouth as a sign of commitment to her and to raising the babies.” Now that’s devotion.
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Title: Cardinal Courtship
Equipment: OM–1 with a 150–400 mm lens
Category: Wildlife
Award: Second Place