Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal
The male Northern Cardinal is hard to miss with his distinctive shade of red. They always catch my attention and I enjoy watching this bird.
Even the brown females sport a sharp crest and warm red accents. Females resemble males, including the face and bill, but are predominantly pale-brown overall—varying from buffy to grayish—with dark reddish-brown wings and tail, red in the crest, and a variable pinkish flush elsewhere on the head and body.