Erika and I made a dash up to the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum on 16 February. Their bird feeders were busy, and included this male Northern Cardinal. The church seems over represented among bird common names. Bird and religious cardinals share bright red plumages. Other church members include prothonotaries, nuns (nunbirds and nunlets), and bishops. Can you think of others? Preacher bird, an old name for Red-eyed Vireo, comes to mind.
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