Minnesota Seasons - northern cardinal


northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis

Order	Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family	Cardinalidae (Cardinal, grosbeaks, and relatives)
Status	Common
Habitat	Thiskets and shrubs along woodland edges and around houses
Food
Size	8¼″ to 9¼″
Voice

Identification

Similar Species

Nesting

Range	Breeding: Southern half of the state except southwest corner Winter: Southern half of the state except southwest corner

Sightings	Afton State Park Beaver Creek Valley State Park Black Dog Nature Preserve SNA Boot Lake SNA Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Carley State Park Carver Park Reserve Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Frontenac State Park Kasota Prairie SNA Lake Louise State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lebanon Hills Regional Park Lost Valley Prairie SNA	Minneopa State Park Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve North Fork Zumbro Woods SNA Oronoco Prairie SNA Ottawa Bluffs Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Savage Fen SNA Sibley State Park Wolsfeld Woods SNA Wood-Rill SNA

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	Female