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Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Description:

"A fairly large, long-tailed song bird. Male cardinals are brilliant red all over, with a reddish bill and black face immediately around the bill. Females are pale brown overall with warm reddish tinges in the wings, tail, and crest. They have the same black face and red-orange bill." ~allaboutbirds.org

Habitat:

"...dense shrubby areas such as forest edges, overgrown fields, hedgerows, backyards, marshy thickets, mesquite, regrowing forest, and ornamental landscaping."

Notes:

"Cardinals don’t migrate and they don’t molt into a dull plumage, so they’re still breathtaking in winter’s snowy backyards" "Only a few female North American songbirds sing, but the female Northern Cardinal does, and often while sitting on the nest. This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest. A mated pair shares song phrases, but the female may sing a longer and slightly more complex song than the male." ~allaboutbirds.org

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DanAm
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DanAm

Bay Lake, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 23, 2013
Submitted on Apr 2, 2013

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