Northern Cardinal
| Cardinalis cardinalis | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies) |
Cardinalis cardinalis
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies)
The state bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia (which happen to be contiguous states) is beloved for its bright color (ideally depicted on winter holiday greeting cards) and its rich, whistled song. Chicago Cubs fans tend to disapprove of cardinals, at least from April through October.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Toddler-Approved Books, Part 2: Identification Guides 2023
- Reflections on a Wall on Flag Day 2023
- Chickadee Day 2023
- Dawn Comes to Peabody Street 2023
- A Million Ways to Bird 2023
- How to Eat a Sunflower Seed If You're a Dove or a Finch 2023
- 2022 Duluth Christmas Bird Count, Part 2 2022
- Walter's Beautiful Neighborhood 2022
- Sounds of Early Spring 2022
- Winter Bird Song, Part I 2022
- February Bluebird!! 2022
- February! 2022
- Our Far-Flung Correspondents: Listener Questions 2022
- April Update 2021
- Figuring Out the Big World 2021
- A Finchy Fall 2020
- November Pleasures 2020
- November Musings, Part 2 2020
- Awe Walks, Part 2 2020
- May in August 2020
- Hearts! 2020
- Cacawphony 2020
- Marie's Birds 2020
- Color Perception 2019
- Abnormal Plumage, Part II: Leucistic Birds 2019
- Abnormal Plumages, Part I: Bilateral Gynandromorphs 2019
- Listener Favorite: Amelia's Cardinal 2018
- Gypsy Moth Spraying 2018
- Summer Tanager in Duluth! 2018
- Basal Cell Carcinomas: An Occupational Hazard of Birding 2018
- Save Birds at YOUR Windows! Interview with Jeff Acopian 2018
- Where are all the birds? 2018
- Once in a Blue Moon 2018
- A Visit to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 2017
- Cardinal Feeding Goldfish 2017
- A November Awakening 2017
- Of Bald and Toupee-Wearing Birds 2017
- The Evocative Power of Sound 2017
- Where Are the Birds? Part I 2017
- 15,354 days and counting 2017
- High Plains Snow Goose Festival 2017
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Nest Update 2016
- Correcting Egregious Errors 2016
- Stephen Ingraham's Poems 2016
- New Beginnings 2015
- Emily Dickinson's Birthday 2014
- Oldest Wild Birds 2014
- My First Book: The Little Golden Book Bird Stamps 2014
- Nature: Cataloging the particular 2014
- Amorphous Nature 2014
- My second binoculars 2014
- This Frigid Winter 2014
- Keeping a Life List 2012
- Duluth's Flood 2012
- Bird Song Primer, Part II 2012
- Moments that take our breath away 2012
- Thanksgiving Gratitude 2011
- Better Angels 2011
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow vs. St. Louis Cardinals 2011
- Cure for Nature Deficit Disorder 2011
- Mystical Connections, Part I 2011
- Factoids 2011
- Angry Birds 2011
- New Year's Day predictions based on your first bird of the year 2011
- Learning Natural Sounds 2010
- Athletic teams named for birds 2010
- Evolution of Birds at Feeders 2009
- Molting 2009
- Duluth Christmas Bird Count 2007 2007
- Seed-eating Birds 2007
- Environment Then and Now 2007
- Autumn Blues 2007
- Bears 2007
- Movie Review: Hairspray 2007
- Summer Pleasures 2007
- Bell's Palsy 2007
- Cardinal Sin 2007
- Facing the Reality of Climate Change 2007
- Looking for Owls with Sharon 2007
- Christmas Bird Count 2006 2006
- Birding at Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge 2006
- Protecting Our Hearing with Earplugs 2006
- For the Birds at 20 Years! 2006
- Sunday Spring Walk 2006
- Migration Update 2006
- Through the Looking Glass 2006
- Carolina Wren (from Arkansas) 2006
- Rhythms of Nature (from Arkansas) 2006
- Tufted Titmouse (from Arkansas) 2006
- Christmas Bird Count 2005 2005
- Florida Scrub-Jay 2005
- Northern Cardinal 2005
- DDT still out there 2005
- Great Backyard Bird Count, 2005 2005
- Great Gray Owl 2005
- Reconsidering Alaska's State Bird: Ptarmigan vs. Raven 2005
- November Evening Grosbeaks 2004
- Birthday 2004 2004
- Geek Prom 2004
- Cats Indoors 2004
- Spring Is Coming! 2004
- Christmas Bird Count 2003 summary 2003
- Christmas Bird Count 2003 2003
- Birds on Christmas Cards 2003
- Changing Bird Numbers 2003
- The Vietnam Memorial 2003
- November 2003
- Birding in Miami Beach 2003
- Yard List, Part III 2003
- Winter Wren 2003
- Red-bellied Woodpecker 2003
- Of Cardinal Beauty 2003
- Birds with Biblical Names 2003
- Winter Plumage 2003
- Wall Street Journal article about bird feeding 2002
- Christmas and Birds 2002
- David Bird's Kestrels 2002
- Window Strikes, Part I 2002
- Cardinals 2002
- Feeding Birds in August, Part I 2002
- Solving Bird Problems 2002
- Niagara Falls 2002
- Cruisin' with Spring 2002
- Top Ten Favorite Birds 2002
- Canada Warbler and other Fall Birds 2001
- Bird Sounds in Commercials and TV Shows 2001
- Book Club; The Yearling 2001
- Cat Leash Law 2001
- Expressions Part I 2001
- Cardinals 2001
- Winter bird activity 2001
- Feather Numbers 2000
- Christmas 2000
- Christmas Bird Count 2000
- Four Cardinals! 2000
- Free Gifts for the Birds in Our Own Backyard 2000
- Gifts for the Birds, Part I 2000
- Cardinal Memories 2000
- Fish and Birds (Re-recorded from 1987) 2000
- Beautiful Songs (Re-recorded from 1987) 2000
- Movie Review: Sleepy Hollow 2000
- Cardinals 2000
- Connecting with Nature 1999
- Meadowlarks 1999
- State Birds 1999
- Travel 1999
- Altruism 1999
- National Blue Jay Awareness Month: 1999
- Once in a Blue Moon: National Blue Jay Awareness Month 1999
- Connecting with Birds 1997
- Christmas Birds 1995
- The Winter Feather Report 1995
- Bird Feeding 1995
- Indigo Buntings: The Inside Story 1995
- Merlins at the School Bus Stop 1995
- Cardinals (Placeholder) 1994
- Orioles and Hummingbirds 1994
- Blue Jay victory (Placeholder) 1992
- Cardinals 1992
- The Birding Spark 1992
- Birding along I-35 1991
- Hearts 1991
- Pine Grosbeak 1991
- Why do birds have crests? And Baker's Blue Jay Hot Cereal 1990
- Christmas Bird Count Summary, 1989 1989
- Katie's Birthday 1989
- Feeding Birds 1989
- Bird Expressions, Part I 1989
- Contest results, part 2 1989
- Pine Siskin 1989
- Contest update 1989
- Mother-in-Laws, human and avian 1989
- Attracting Birds 1989
- Birds of Washington, D.C. 1989
- Cardinals 1989
- Feeder contest 1989
- Bird Feeder Winter Contest 1988
- Christmas Bird Count 1988 Summary 1988
- Bird Feeding 1988
- Florida Birds 1988
- Christmas Bird Count 1988 1988
- Birds of Washington, D.C. 1988
- Pine Siskin 1988
- Hearts 1988
- State Birds 1988
- Mothers-in Law 1988
- Martin Luther King, Jr. 1988
- Bird-eating Fish 1988
- Feeding Birds 1987
- Onomatopoetic Bird Calls and Mnemonics 1987
- Birds of Baseball Revised. 1987
- Welcome to WOJB and KBEM with Ogden Nash 1987
- Beautiful Songs (Original) 1987
- Birds of Baseball 1987
- Fish and Birds (Original) 1987
- Christmas Bird Count 1986 1986
- Fly Up and Tell 'Em You're from Duluth! 1986
- Cardinals 1986
Sound Recordings
- Redpolls at my feeder 2024
- April 17 Morning Song 2022
- Cardinal Singing Bout: 8 songs 2022
- Fifty Minutes of Evening Grosbeaks! 2021
- Dawn Chorus, June 20, 2020 2020
- Dawn Chorus, May 31, 2020 2020
- Bachman's Sparrow: 27 songs 2019
- Northern Cardinal: 8 songs by one near, also one or two further 2019
- Northern Cardinal 1 minute 2019
- Northern Cardinal: 2 1/2 minutes 2019
- Anhinga: Adult male, 2 calls 2019
- Northern Cardinal: 3 Songs 2019
- House Wren: 6 minutes of singing 2018
- Northern Cardinal: 5 songs 2018
- Dawn in Trempealeau, Wisconsin; May 12, 2018 2018
- Northern Cardinal: 23 songs 2018
- Great Crested Flycatcher 2018
- Gray Catbird: 16 Mews 2018
- White-eyed Vireo: 9 songs 2018
- Northern Cardinal: 9 songs 2018
- Prairie Warbler: 6 songs 2018
- Northern Cardinal: 7 Songs 2018
- Northern Flicker: 17 *keer* notes 2018
- Anhinga Trail sounds 2018
- Dawn on the Anhinga Trail 2018
- Boat-tailed Grackle 2018
- Great Crested Flycatcher 2018
- Red-bellied Woodpecker: 4 calls 2018
- Dueling Great Crested Flycatcher and Red-bellied Woodpecker 2018
- Sounds at Fruit Tree near the Anhinga Trail 2018
- Pileated Woodpecker: 1 brief call 2018
- Anhinga: 3 calls 2018
- Anhinga 2018
- Anhinga v Boat-tailed Grackle 2018
- Northern Cardinal 2017
- Ellis Hollow Dawn 2008