The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is one of the most beautiful birds in North America, and the bright red plumage of the males and tawny red of the females is a welcome sight to many birders. These reader photos of northern cardinals show off these birds in all their beauty; when viewing a submission, click the photo for a full size image. To submit your own cardinal photos to join the gallery, see the submission form.
Cardinal with Snow on Its Back
Homemade open bird feeder using wild bird seed and also a commercial feeder that has six perches. The cardinals also feed off the ground under the feeders where bird seed is dropped from smaller bird…
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Proud
Bird feeders filled with seeds and sunflowers. I have a tube feeder and a platform tray feeder. I also have a bird bath available for any birds. They stay year round here so keeping the feeder filled…
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Female Cardinal on Finial
We have several hanging feeders, the cardinals favorite seems to be a wire basket type that has a pretty wide ledge at the bottom for them to stand on. We have bird baths and large bushes. We occasio…
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In All My Beauty
I have not been able to attract them even though we live by a forest and have many pine trees in our front yard. My feeders consist of sunflower seeds, suet feeders and thistle seeds and I keep clean…
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Red Cardinal
I am a regular bird feeder. When the weather gets really bad I buy the wild bird seed that caters to a number of species, so the sparrows, house finches, blue jays, cardinals, morning doves and a num…
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Waiting Female Cardinal
I live in a two-story apartment building and am blessed to have a maple tree in front where I could hang a feeder on a branch. It is very inconvenient for the neighbors below. Now it is arctic air so…
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Papa Cardinal Feeding His Youngster
We live on the edge of woods, with a lot of undergrowth, so we have cardinals all year. I feed black oil sunflowers and suet all year which brings in cardinals (and a host of other wonderful birds). …
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My Baby Boy
No cats, lots of feeders, safflower seeds, low bushes and trees, safe environment. No pesticides. I have feeders for chickadees that they seem to use more then the larger ones for some strange reason…
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Daddy Feeding Baby
Safflower and black oil sunflower seeds.Home made teacup feeders work well, so do my home made hanging feeders.I keep a bird bath: change water and clean daily.Use different feeders for different bir…
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Say Cheese!
Of all the different kinds of food I've tried (birdseed, suet, etc.) the cardinals favorite food is definitely the black oil sunflower seed. My male and female cardinal have been coming to the yard s…
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This Wind is Messing my Hair!
I have a male and female cardinal that call my yard home. They built a nest there this spring and I watched from afar as the female carried items to build it. They still reside here and I get so much…
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Northern Cardinal
I did not have a bird feeder prior to the arrival of this beautiful orange northern cardinal. Subsequently, I purchased a feeder, providing sunflower seeds and orange halves. This beautiful bird seem…
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Well? Where's The Seed?
Cardinals are primarily ground feeders so I put black and hulled sunflower seeds on the ground for them. I also have three bird feeders for the sparrows and finches and the word gets around the bird …
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Buzz Cut Cardinal
We have two feeders which my wife fills with a premium seed/nut/fruit blend. We also have a bird bath although we have never seen a cardinal in the bath. The back yard is about an acre and the birds …
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Northern Cardinal
Tree nuts, peanuts, safflower in the feeders. Two separate watering stations (one under a low hanging cedar). Having the feeder near thick shrubs or bushes for cover allows the mating pair to stage a…
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