Pretty Bird
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If you look up Desert Cardinal, this is what you will see.
Pyrrhuloxia
It is surprising to learn that besides our Arizona Desert Cardinal, the desert also has the Northern Cardinal, pictured below. Both types are not snowbirds: they do not migrate, but are year round residents!
Their songs are beautiful and they vary depending on season and/or region. My favorite is when the male is singing P R E T T Y-P R E T T Y!
One look and he is in L O V E!
She is grayish-brown in color with reddish tints on her crest, wings and tail. And you can't miss her beautiful red beak.
The male courts the female by feeding her and can identify her from a distance by her song.
They make their homes in all sorts of thickets in the desert but you can find them
visiting the feeders in the yard!
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