Female Northern Cardinal
by Linda Stern
Title
Female Northern Cardinal
Artist
Linda Stern
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
So, how do you identify a female Northern cardinal? It’s easy. Structurally, they’re identical to their male counterparts, except that where males are bright red, females are mostly brown. If you see a bird that looks like a brown cardinal, and is hopping around the underbrush like a cardinal—except it's brown—and maybe hanging out with a bright red cardinal, you’re looking at a female cardinal.
To erase any doubt and ensure that you don’t mistake a female cardinal for some other brownish bird you may find in the backyard—a big sparrow or a mockingbird, say—here’s a foolproof tip: Look at the bill. Both sexes of Northern Cardinal have bright orange (not yellow!) bills, but while the bill blends in with the bright males, it stands out like Rudolph’s nose on the female. When you see that bright orange honker on a brown bird, you know instantly what you’ve got.
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August 30th, 2018
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