Would you believe that human mothers have it EASY compared to a Mama Cardinal? True, the bird doesn’t have to change diapers or be responsible for eighteen years. But if you watch this movie, you’ll see that in one major respect, we have it easy.
Northern Cardinal
Why Birds Bathe
This short film shows close ups of many bird species bathing and explains why birds bathe even on the iciest days. Have a peek at them in the spa.
A Female Cardinal Explains How to Pick a Mate
In her own words, a female Cardinal tells you what her criteria are in a mate, and it’s not bad advice for female humans, as far as that goes.
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We file our nails; birds file their bills.
This female Cardinal rummages in her kitchen drawers for the right tool, finds it, and uses it to sharpen her bill. She needs to keep her beak sharp so she can crack seeds.
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Spring is coming!
Hard as it is to believe in the middle of another snowstorm, spring is on the way. The Northern Cardinals say so.
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Birds in a Snowstorm: January 5, 2014
We had central heating. The birds lived every wet, bone chilling second of the January 5th snowstorm outside. Muscle men would die of hypothermia. Sparrows and Cardinals toughed out wind chills up to 45 below zero.
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Carolina Wren: the Winter Songster
Coupla days ago I heard two male Carolina Wrens singing near each other. I don’t know whether it was a duet or a territorial proclamation, but I’d bet on the latter, just knowing the spunky spirit of wrens in general. What I DO know is that, although the song was similar to a Cardinal’s, it was a Carolina Wren. He is the winter songster. Both birds sound a lot alike, and it can take some patience to tell them apart. But the Cardinal isn’t going to start singing again in Missouri until the latter half of January.
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