Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perched amid snow-covered branches, New York, USA, February.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male and Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) male fighting, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) female flying, Texas

Alan Murphy / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male, Texas

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

Steve Gettle / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male, Brighton, Michigan

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