Thursday, December 12, 2013
Holiday Cardinals
What bird makes you think most of this holiday season? For me its the Cardinalis cardinalis, or Northern Cardinal. The Northern Cardinal male is a all red bird with a black face. The female is a brown color with some red, a red beak, and a black face. They both get 8-9 inches. 3-4 blue white eggs with brown marks. Northern Cardinals don't migrate and eat seed, fruit, insects. Sometimes you can find them at your feeder! The juvenile is similar to female with out black mask. Northern Cardinals are easy birds to find in winter if it snows at your house. Have a great holiday season everyone!
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We have a large family of cardinals that live in my yard. I see them at my feeders every day, all year round. I have one feeder with sunflower seeds which they love the most and buy cardinal mixture seed for them. I also hang suet with sunflower seeds.
ReplyDeleteThey're beautiful birds and I love watching them outside my window.
The next time you get bird seed get some cardinal mix of black oil sunflower seeds and you'll see a lot more cardinals at your house too.