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3 Μαΐ 2024 · Meet the recognizable and beloved northern cardinal. Get cardinal bird facts, including why male cardinals are red, and where cardinals live.
The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California and south through Mexico ...
17 Μαΐ 2024 · Cardinals construct their nests wedged snugly into the branching forks of trees. Some of their favorite trees and shrubs include: dogwood, hawthorn, spruce, rose bushes, elms and blackberry brambles. They tend to choose nesting sites that are at the edges of woods, fields, suburbs and backyards.
Cardinals usually begin nesting in the spring, even though some birds remain on their breeding territories throughout the year. Many Cardinals join flocks in the winter and often roost communally in trees and shrubs. Male Northern Cardinal feeding hungry chicks inside the nest.
Bright red cardinals are easily identified by even casual bird watchers, and are often seen frequenting backyards and bird feeders.
Look for Northern Cardinals in dense shrubby areas such as forest edges, overgrown fields, hedgerows, backyards, marshy thickets, mesquite, regrowing forest, and ornamental landscaping. Cardinals nest in dense foliage and look for conspicuous, fairly high perches for singing.
The brilliant red of a male Northern Cardinal calls attention to itself when males are around. You can also find cardinals by getting a sense of the warm, red-tinged brown of females – a pattern you can learn to identify in flight.
