![]() ![]() ![]() Producer: John Kessler Executive Producer: Chris Peterson © 2015 Tune In to Nature. BirdNote’s theme music was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler. Musical selection from Kyrie IV Gregorian chant, Benedictine Abbey Choir 1982 Deutschegrammophone. #īird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Support for BirdNote comes from American Bird Conservancy and Bringing Back the Birds, a photo book by Owen Deutsch on the importance of protecting birdscapes. But despite their beauty, Tanagers are unlikely to unseat the cardinal as our best known red bird. I’m Mary McCann. It’s also true that the cardinal seen on so many bird feeders takes its name from the cardinals found in the Vatican, whose hats and robes are red. And among the cardinal’s near relatives - the cardinal on the bird feeder, that is - two are also very red birds: the Summer Tanager and Scarlet Tanager. Or that only about half of all cardinals are red? Females are olive-brown, with a few red highlights. They sing songs to warn other species or other birds and that they are generally medium sized with very. So would it surprise you to learn that cardinals are missing from back yards in nearly half of the United States? It’s the half west of the Rockies. Cardinals are North American endemic species of birds. It is simply - and being red doesn’t hurt here - one of our best known backyard birds. The cardinal’s scarlet, crested image adorns Christmas cards, bags of bird seed, and any number of sports team jerseys. Įven without taking a poll, is there any doubt about the identity of America’s best known red bird? Surely it’s the cardinal or, as you’ll find in a bird book, the Northern Cardinal.
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