Frosty Red Cardinal
by Nava Thompson
Title
Frosty Red Cardinal
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A photo taken by Nava Jo Thompson of a Red male Cardinal on a frosty winter day.Cardinal ......Male Northern Cardinal .............Cardinals, which make up the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America. They are also known as cardinal-grosbeaks and cardinal-buntings. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae).......These are robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. The family ranges in size from the 12-cm (4.7 inches), 11.5-gram (.40 oz) Orange-breasted Bunting to the 25-cm (9.8 inches), 85-gram (2.99 oz) Black-headed Saltator[verification needed]. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances. The Northern Cardinal type species was named by colonists for the male's red crest, reminiscent of a Catholic cardinal's mitre.....The "buntings" in this family are sometimes generically known as "tropical buntings" (though not all live in the tropics) or "North American buntings" (though there are other buntings in North America) to distinguish them from the true buntings, whose family does contain North American birds, but they are referred to as American sparrows (unrelated to Old World sparrows), juncos, and towhees rather than buntings. Likewise the grosbeaks in this family are sometimes called "cardinal-grosbeaks" to distinguish them from other grosbeaks. The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole........Most species are rated by the IUCN as least concern, though some are near threatened
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February 28th, 2013
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Comments (17)
Nava Jo Thompson
Thank you Darren! Appreciate the feature in 3 A Day Greeting Cards for all Occasions'!
Debbie Portwood
So beautiful!! I love it when the turn their little heads side ways like that!! v/f
Nava Thompson replied:
Debbie---I so appreciate your visit, comments and v/f! I love the little song birds. :)
Nava Jo Thompson
Thank you Darren for the feature of 'Frosty Red Cardinal' in 3 A Day Waiting Room ART!