Northern Cardinal Images, Facts and Information:
Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Cardinal males are solid red with a black mask and chin. Females are brownish gray with red wings and a tail washed with gray. Both sexes have crests. Juveniles resemble the females but have a smaller crest and dark bills.
- Northern Cardinals are nonmigratory.
- Northern Cardinals are found throughout eastern and central North America from southern Canada to Mexico and Central America.
- The preferred habitats for Northern Cardinals are suburban areas, swamps, thickets, backyards, hedgerows, lowlands, and woodlands.
- Northern Cardinals eat seeds, insects, fruits and snails.
- Northern Cardinals lay 3 to 4 eggs which hatch in 12 to 13 days. Females incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of cardinals can be called a “deck”, college”, “radiance” or a “Vatican” of cardinals.
- Northern Cardinals can live to be more than 15 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Northern Cardinal photos.
Male Northern Cardinal and fall colors
Title: Male Northern Cardinal and fall colors
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 11/7/2024
Immature female Northern Cardinal
Title: Immature female Northern Cardinal
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 9/14/2024
Molting young Northern Cardinal male
Title: Molting young Northern Cardinal male
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 8/21/2024
Young male Northern Cardinal molting
Title: Young male Northern Cardinal molting
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 8/21/2024
Young Northern Cardinal in morning light
Title: Young Northern Cardinal in morning light
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 7/3/2024
Immature Northern Cardinal at a birdbath
Title: Immature Northern Cardinal at a birdbath
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 7/3/2024
Young Northern Cardinal close up
Title: Young Northern Cardinal close up
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 7/3/2024
Northern Cardinal male with a dark background
Title: Northern Cardinal male with a dark background
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 5/3/2024
Female Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Title: Female Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 5/2/2024
Male Northern Cardinal close up in Arkansas
Title: Male Northern Cardinal close up in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/28/2024
Northern Cardinal male perched in an oak tree
Title: Northern Cardinal male perched in an oak tree
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/24/2024
Male Northern Cardinal heading to a seed feeder
Title: Male Northern Cardinal heading to a seed feeder
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/24/2024
Northern Cardinal male about to lift off
Title: Northern Cardinal male about to lift off
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/20/2024
Male Northern Cardinal perched in an oak tree
Title: Male Northern Cardinal perched in an oak tree
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/19/2024
Northern Cardinal male in Arkansas
Title: Northern Cardinal male in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/11/2024
Male Northern Cardinal in an Arkansas oak tree in spring
Title: Male Northern Cardinal in an Arkansas oak tree in spring
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/11/2024
Saucy male Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Title: Saucy male Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 4/11/2024
Inquisitive male Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Title: Inquisitive male Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 6/27/2023
Male Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Title: Male Northern Cardinal in Arkansas
Location: Sebastian County, Arkansas
Date: 6/27/2023
Male Northern Cardinal in dappled light
Title: Male Northern Cardinal in dappled light
Location: John Chesnut Sr. Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/24/2009