Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Northern Cardinal, October 9, 2019

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N is for Northern Cardinal - a North American songbird commonly called a Redbird

male Northern Cardinal, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, October 7, 2019
Northern Cardinals are non-migratory birds found primarily in the eastern half of the United States, and also widespread across Mexico. Here in Mississippi, they are probably the first birds pointed out to young children, "Look! See the pretty Redbird!" It is only when we are older that we learn its proper name: Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis.

male Northern Cardinal, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, October 8, 2019
Northern Cardinals eat insects, seeds, and fruit. If you live within their range, you can attract them to your yard by filling feeders with sunflower seeds and planting shrubs that produce fruit. This one is feeding in our blackberry thicket on the dried berries (really just seeds, but they seem to like them).

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12 comments:

  1. Hello, he is pretty. Great shots! Wishing you a great day!

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  2. Cardinals are such glorious creatures. I’ve never seen one in the wild!

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  3. Cardinal are so pretty. I wish we had them here----We have Stellar Jays that look somewhat like a Cardinal only they are very blue.
    MB

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  4. I was watching one poking around on the ground this morning. They are so handsome!

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  5. What a beauty and you captured it so well.

    Thanks for being a part of 'My Corner of the World' this week!

    My Corner of the World

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  6. I love, love, love cardinals, especially when it's winter and everything is bare and brown.

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  7. Male cardinals are so bright and cheerful looking.

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  8. Wish we had them in our range. So beautiful. I love the colour red. - Margy

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