Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

  I have noticed a few vocal male Northern Cardinals out and about in NDG over the last couple of weeks.
  Lately I have been gleefully fussing over my birding gear in preparation for spring. Spring! And I've got some big old birding plans for spring.
  Oh, on the subject of cardinals, here's a cool link I saw on the BPQ group about a gynandromorph cardinal - half male, half female: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/a-gynandromorph-cardinal-one-half-male-the-other-half-female/