Cardinals in the Winter, January 23, 2019

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C is for Cardinal - a North American red bird

Winter plumage, male Northern Cardinal, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, December 23, 2019

Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis, in their Winter plumage.

In the Summer, male Cardinals are a solid brilliant red, and only slightly less red in the Winter.

Winter plumage, female Northern Cardinal, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, December 23, 2019

In the Summer, the female Cardinals have red feathers as accents on their wings and tails, but now in the Winter they are a brownish grey.

If you live in the eastern half of the United States or southeastern Canada, you can attract Cardinals to your yard by offering sunflower seeds.

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