Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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We originally uploaded this video to our other channel "Lucinox" in 2022. We have since closed Lucinox, and are therefore uploading this video here.

In this video, we take a look at the exciting lives of northern cardinals, and what they get up to behind the scenes.

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The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach]

These songs provided by the YouTube audio library

Lazy River Rag
Wishful thinking


Sources

[1] Bittel, Jason. “Bird Filmed Feeding Goldfish—Here's Why.” National Geographic, Nationalgeographic.com. 3 Aug. 2017. nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cardinal-feeding-goldfish-instincts-parents

[2] Rodewald AD, Shustack DP, Jones TM. Dynamic selective environments and evolutionary traps in human-dominated landscapes. Ecology. 2011 Sep;92(9):1781-8. doi: 10.1890/11-0022.1. PMID: 21939074.

[3] Segura, L.N., Mahler, B. Male Red-crested Cardinal plumage coloration is associated with parental abilities and breeding performance. Sci Rep 9, 10958 (2019). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47498-6

[4] “Northern Cardinal.” Audobon Bird Guide, audobon.org, audubon.org/field-guide/bird/northern-cardinal

[5] “Northern Cardinal”. All About Birds, allaboutbirds.org, allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/id

[6] “I Have a Bald Bird At My Feeder. Is It Sick?” All about birds, allaboutbirds.org, allaboutbirds.org/news/i-have-a-bald-bird-at-my-feeder-is-it-sick

[7] “Northern Cardinal”. ICUN Redlist, iucnredlist.org, iucnredlist.org/species/22723819/132024136#habitat-ecology

[8] “Northern Cardinal.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_cardinal

[9]  Dewey, T. 2011. "Cardinalis cardinalis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Cardinalis_cardinalis.html

[10] Heinsohn, Robert. “Why Are Male Birds More Colorful Than Female Birds?” Scientific American, scientificamerican.com, 12 Sep. 2005.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-are-male-birds-more-c/

[11] “Cardinal.” Animals, National Geographic, nationalgeographic.com, nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/cardinal


Picture Attributions

By Andy Morffew, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110960640

By Félix Uribe, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81342201

By marti175 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15116290

By Atsme - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49692720

By photochem_PA from State College, PA, USA - Baby cardinal in a tree, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75359641

By Ryan Hodnett - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77486798

By Pamela D Waller - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51311195

By JoshuaDavisPhotography - Baby Cardinal, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91797251

By Rhododendrites - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107276634

By Tony Alter from Newport News, USA - Baby CardinalUploaded by theveravee, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26892275

By Mike's Birds - Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) at the feederUploaded by Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21096130

By Andrew Weitzel from Lancaster, PA, USA - Mohwak, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93698030

By Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith - N. Cardinal, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40574600

By Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US - Northern Cardinal, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81472139

By Rwgp65 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91379248

By Pamela D Waller - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51311196