B&S Draker / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male eating Possum Haw Holly (Ilex decidua) berries. Bandera, Hill Country, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male feeding young Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perched on branch of Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched on branch in snow storm, Illinois, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal {Cardinalis cardinalis} male drinking from pond, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal {Cardinalis cardinalis} female in flight, Hill Country, Texas, USA

TOM MANGELSEN / Northern cardinal fluffed up in tree. (Cardinalis cardinalis) Montana

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern cardinal male bathing {Cardinalis cardinalis} Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern cardinal, juvenile male {Cardinalis cardinalis} Texas, USA

Adrian Davies / Cardinals guard (Pachystachys coccinea) flowers, Trinidad.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), adult male perched on icy branch of Possum Haw Holly (Ilex decidua) with berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA. February

Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male (right) feeding his mate in spring as part of courtship/pair formation, termed "allofeeding", New York, USA, May.