Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal | H.J. Ruiz

The Northern Cardinal is a territorial song bird. The male sings in a loud, clear whistle from the top of a tree or another high location to defend his territory. He will chase off other males entering his territory. He may mistake his image on various reflective surfaces as an invading male, and will fight his reflection relentlessly. The northern cardinal learns its songs, and as a result the songs vary regionally. Mated pairs often travel together. Also, the songs of a northern cardinal will usually overlap more in syllables when compared to other northern cardinals near it than those far away from it.

16 thoughts on “Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal”

Indira on August 4, 2018 at 8:19 am said:

An unmissable gallery!!

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 2:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much Indira! 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on August 4, 2018 at 9:19 am said:

Thank you for brightening my cloudy morning here, HJ! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 2:05 pm said:
  
  It’s my pleasure! Thanks too! 🙂
  
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MG on August 4, 2018 at 9:20 am said:

Beautiful photos and great information. It will make pay more attention to the cardinal’s songs in future.

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 2:06 pm said:
  
  Thank you MG! 🙂
  
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Tiny on August 4, 2018 at 10:14 am said:

Beautiful gallery, as always! I also thought your text was very interesting 🙂 Have a great weekend.

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 2:11 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much Tiny! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
  
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Lisa Rest on August 4, 2018 at 12:40 pm said:

Just gorgeous. I’ve noticed my cardinal singing earlier in the morning, he’s the one to get the dawn chorus going lately. 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 2:35 pm said:
  
  My birds don’t sing much, they’re busy munching! I had one lady neighbor that just sold her house and was moving to another State. Before she left she stopped and gave me two big containers of bird seeds. She used to pass my house to watch the birds. She had feeders too but only got Cardinals. (I suspect they are my locals). Thanks Lisa! 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on August 4, 2018 at 1:46 pm said:

Great photographs, thank you.

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 6:41 pm said:
  
  Thank you Susan! Have a great weekend! 🙂
  
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eduardolibby on August 4, 2018 at 2:30 pm said:

Love the last one! Think is a wooden sculpture…

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 6:44 pm said:
  
  This is an iron sculpture with a very real Cardinal. Thanks Eduardo. 🙂
  
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tanjabrittonwriter on August 4, 2018 at 4:26 pm said:

I always look forward to your Saturday Reds, H.J, as we do not typically get to see cardinals in Colorado.

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 4, 2018 at 6:48 pm said:
  
  I thank you for your visit Tanja. 🙂
  
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