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Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
44.7294, -93.2251
Field Notes
Description:
A male Northern Cardinal perched on a deck wall
Habitat:
In a backyard in a suburb of the Twin Cities, in trees, at feeding stations or feeders, on the ground and at the bird bath
Notes:
For some reason my mom's Northern Cardinals only feed at dusk and dawn whereas up here (Battle Lake) 3.5 hours north-west of there, they feed throughout the day and are far less numerous than in my mother's neighborhood. We may be on their northern-most region, perhaps? I also tend to see more males than females up here unlike in Apple Valley where they seem more equally numbered to the males. Like the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Northern Cardinals seem to prefer Safflower Seed at the feeders but I have seen them take Black-oil Sunflower Seed as well.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2014
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