Use the Back button to return to the Live Bird Feeder Cam. The Northern Cardinal is named after the robes worn by Roman Catholic cardinals. They are aggressive birds and occupy territories year-round. Both the males and females sing year-round unlike most songbirds that sing only in the spring. Cardinals eat mostly seeds however they do eat insects during breeding season.
Cardinals are frequent visitors to feeders.
They are residents of the eastern United States and southern Canada south to the Gulf Coast and from southern California, Arizona, and southern Texas. Their habitat is mainly open coniferous forests.