A bright Northern Cardinal brightens a gray winter day. (altered in Photoshop) [January; Elm Creek Nature Reserve, Hennepin County, Minnesota]
Northern Cardinal in South Texas [June; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]
Invariably, a cardinal would be the first bird on the scene after setting up the blind near a watering hole [April; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]
![A bright Northern Cardinal brightens a gray winter day. (altered in Photoshop) [January; Elm Creek Nature Reserve, Hennepin County, Minnesota]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Cardinals-Pyrrhuloxia/Northern-Cardinal/i-TWzCzFH/0/3981df9c/S/Northern%20Cardinal%20Final-CardinalHoriz%2884%29%20%28Shrp%29-S.jpg)
![Northern Cardinal in South Texas [June; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Cardinals-Pyrrhuloxia/Northern-Cardinal/i-sd2thLx/0/5822edba/S/Northern%20Cardinal%20stare%20Sick%20Dog%20Ranch%20TX%20_MG_6123-S.jpg)
![Invariably, a cardinal would be the first bird on the scene after setting up the blind near a watering hole [April; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Cardinals-Pyrrhuloxia/Northern-Cardinal/i-9vmRfZG/0/3905c2cd/S/Northern%20Cardinal%20Sick%20Dog%20Ranch%20TX%20IMG_0003083-S.jpg)
![Northern Cardinal in South Texas [June; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Cardinals-Pyrrhuloxia/Northern-Cardinal/i-m7rFwk4/0/acf5aaba/S/Northern%20Cardinal%20Sick%20Dog%20Ranch%20TX%20IMG_0003133-S.jpg)
![Invariably, a cardinal would be the first bird on the scene after setting up the blind near a watering hole [April; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Cardinals-Pyrrhuloxia/Northern-Cardinal/i-LzbGqRJ/0/0f772916/S/Northern%20Cardinal%20Sick%20Dog%20Ranch%20TX%20IMG_0003857-S.jpg)
![Invariably, a cardinal would be the first bird on the scene after setting up the blind near a watering hole [April; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Cardinals-Pyrrhuloxia/Northern-Cardinal/i-dwf55B7/0/a4283be8/S/Northern%20Cardinal%20Sick%20Dog%20Ranch%20TX%20IMG_0004364-S.jpg)
![Invariably, a cardinal would be the first bird on the scene after setting up the blind near a watering hole [April; Sick Dog Ranch near Alice, Texas]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Cardinals-Pyrrhuloxia/Northern-Cardinal/i-L6mK9QJ/0/f78b295c/S/Northern%20Cardinal%20Sick%20Dog%20Ranch%20TX%20IMG_0004380-S.jpg)