Cardinal flocks with as many as 100 birds have been reported, but these are rare, and gatherings of six to 20 are more typical. Your flock of three dozen was bigger than average.” ...

Birds like the northern cardinal and even the American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when ...

They form loose flocks (28!) in the winter, roaming mostly within that range. The spring nesting territory defended by the male bird will range from half an acre to five acres.

Learn all about the pyrrhuloxia, or desert cardinal, a bird found in the Southwest. ... Although some sources mention huge winter flocks, Brad has never encountered these congregations.

Winter Is Prime Time ... By Jeanine Barone Illustrations by Jada Fitch From our February 2025 issue. If you’ve ever wondered at a ruby-red cardinal or black-capped ... ve hit upon the magic of winter ...

These birds are not supposed to be here in the winter. They are seasonal migrants, migrating from the northern United States and Canada down to wintering grounds in the Southeast.

Birds Flock to Their Winter Homes in South; Habits of the Feathered Minstrels Whose Songs Do Not Cease in Autumn -- New Colors Assumed with the Coming of Colder Weather -- Favorite Sleeping Places.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s official state bird is the northern cardinal, according to IN.gov. The Hoosier State isn’t, however, the only state that claims ownership of the red-feathered bird.

Winter birding in Essex County attracts birders from near and far. Every year in mid-February, we are visited by bird clubs from western Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and ...

Birds like the northern cardinal and even the American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when ...

Birds like the northern cardinal and even the American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when ...

The cardinal became the state bird in Ohio and Indiana in the same year — 1933. Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia followed suit in 1942, 1943, 1949 and 1950, respectively.