Cardinal Grosbeak

Plate 159
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Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
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One of our most popular birds, the Northern Cardinal, is the official state bird of no fewer than seven eastern states. Abundant in the Southeast, it has been extending its range northward for decades, and it now brightens winter days with its color and its whistled song as far north as southeastern Canada. Feeders stocked with sunflower seeds may have aided its northward spread. West of the Great Plains, the Northern Cardinal is mostly absent, but it is locally common in the desert Southwest.
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