Baby Female Cardinal #2

Photo taken of female cardinal, stopping by for a drink of water, during a snow storm.

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by Janette Boyd

Title

Baby Female Cardinal #2

Artist

Janette Boyd

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Photograph - Photo

Description

Photo taken of female cardinal, stopping by for a drink of water, during a snow storm.

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The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is a North American bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird or common cardinal. It can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico. Its habitat includes woodlands, gardens, shrublands, wetlands.

Northern cardinal
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Male in Ohio, US
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Female in Florida, US
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Cardinalis
Species: C. cardinalis
Binomial name
Cardinalis cardinalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
19 sspp., see text

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Range of C. cardinalis
The northern cardinal is a mid-sized songbird with a body length of 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in). It has a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face which is black in the male and gray in the female. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull reddish olive. The northern cardinal is mainly granivorous, but also feeds on insects and fruit. The male behaves territorially, marking out his territory with song. During courtship, the male feeds seed to the female beak-to-beak. A clutch of three to four eggs is laid, and two to four clutches are produced each year. It was once prized as a pet, but its sale as a cage bird was banned in the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.

Northern Cardinal is perhaps responsible for getting more people to open up a field guide than any other bird. They're a perfect combination of familiarity, conspicuousness, and style: a shade of red you cannot take your eyes off.
Northern Cardinals tend to sit low in shrubs and trees or forage on or near the ground, often in pairs. They are common at bird feeders but may be inconspicuous away from them, at least until you learn their loud, metallic chip note.

Habitat
Look for Northern Cardinals in inhabited areas such as backyards, parks, woodlots, and shrubby forest edges. Northern Cardinals nest in dense tangles of shrubs and vines.

Even the brown females sport a sharp crest and warm red accents. Cardinals don't migrate and they don;t molt into a dull plumage, so they're still breathtaking in winter's snowy backyards.

In summer, their sweet whistles are one of the first sounds of the morning.
Courtesy of http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/id

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January 17th, 2015