Northern Cardinals can be 8-9 inches in length.
Cardinals Wingspans can range from 10-12 inches.
Cardinals weigh 1.5 oz.
Cardinals normally lay 2 clutches of eggs, but sometimes they lay 3. Clutches have 2-5 eggs in it. They lay eggs between march and december.
Cardinals incubate their eggs for 11-13 days!
The nesting period can last 7-13 days! Cardinals will stay in the nest and get fed by their parents for 25-56 days after they hatch.
There are over 120 million cardinals in the Eastern U.S.A. and that's not even counting the rest of the world. Cardinals are at least concern for their population being endangered because there are so many of them.
Cardinals bite with a strength of 1.36 newtons!
Northern Cardinals fly at an average of 25mph, but can fly between 19-37mph!
Cardinals actually don't migrate, but stay in the same location year long!
Cardinals normally live in woodland edges, thickets, suburban gardens, towns, and desert washes! They mostly live in the east.
Cardinals nests usually are well hidden in dense shrubs, vines, or low trees, placed 3-10' above ground, sometimes higher. The females builds nests with twigs, weeds, grass, bark strips, leaves, rootlets, lined with fine grass or hair.
Cardinals live from 3-5 years!
Cardinals mate with a different cardinal every mating season. To show their love, male cardinals will pick up a seed, then give it to the female by touching beaks.
Cardinals eat tons of insects, but their diet is mainly veggies like grass and seeds.