Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

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Photo by Tom15

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Notes:

This male Northern Cardinal really stands out against all the snow.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (16)

outsidegirl0

thank you Tom15 for the idea. :)

Tom15

Some birds like your cardinal see their reflection in the car mirror and think it's another bird in his territory and try fighting with it. One way to stop that is to cover the car mirror with a bag or cloth while the car is parked in the yard.

outsidegirl0

cool spot! This one cardinal comes almost every day and jumps on are car,scratches are windows, and looks at his reflection in the windows, too. it gets kinda annoying. But i got used to it. ;)

Tom15

Ava, those are interesting and informative blogs. Thanks for the links!

Ava T-B

This is a "name's-the-same" organism: Cardinalis cardinalis Here are some PN blogs on scientific naming. http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/28702494728/whats-in-a-name http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/31338827536/lets-talk-scientific-classification http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/33711375932/anser-anser-whats-the-question

Fyn Kynd

Beautiful!

Tom15

Thanks Yuko, PN has tons of great photos, it's easy to miss a few:-)

YukoChartraw

How did I miss this?! Such a beautiful striking color!

Tom15

Thanks misako and Mayra!

MayraSpringmann

Wonderful!!

misako

beautiful!