Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal | H.J. Ruiz

Northern cardinals are preyed upon by a wide variety of predators native to North America, including falcons, all Accipiter hawks, shrikes, bald eagles, golden eagles and several owls, including long-eared owls, and eastern screech owls. Predators of chicks and eggs include milk snakes, coluber constrictors, blue jays, eastern gray squirrels, fox squirrels, eastern chipmunks, and domestic cats.

16 thoughts on “Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal”

Jet Eliot on January 26, 2019 at 8:30 am said:

Wow, what a long list of predators, I had no idea. Always a joy to visit the Red Gallery, HJ, and these cardinal photos are truly beautiful. Great post, as always, thank you.

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 26, 2019 at 5:27 pm said:
  
  You’re welcome my friend, any time. Thank you for your visit. 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on January 26, 2019 at 8:36 am said:

Lovely images, HJ! I especially love the first one! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 26, 2019 at 5:29 pm said:
  
  Thank you Donna! I appreciate it. 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on January 26, 2019 at 8:52 am said:

Poor birds being chased by so many predators.

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 26, 2019 at 5:37 pm said:
  
  On top of it, they have to deal with me for pictures! 🙂 Thank you Susan!
  
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Indira on January 26, 2019 at 11:01 am said:

Rich colours and lovely birds!! Sad to know about the long list of enemies of these cute ones…

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 26, 2019 at 5:44 pm said:
  
  The best thing to do is not to think that it happens in all levels of the food chain. Thank you Indira, you are a compassionate person. 🙂
  
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urzre on January 26, 2019 at 4:01 pm said:

Very cute!

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 26, 2019 at 5:45 pm said:
  
  Thanks Urzre! 🙂
  
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sv-anui.com on January 26, 2019 at 4:43 pm said:

I especially like the first image, HJ. It is a long list of predators for this attractive bird!

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 26, 2019 at 5:51 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much Chris! Ahoy! 🙂
  
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Steve Schwartzman on January 26, 2019 at 5:32 pm said:

The “northern” cardinal is a common sight down here in central Texas.

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 26, 2019 at 6:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you Steve. 🙂
  
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blhphotoblog on January 28, 2019 at 4:39 am said:

Beautiful images!

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- H.J. for avian101 on January 29, 2019 at 8:00 am said:
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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