Snow covered field

Just a snow covered field picture I took in 2014 at the farm property.

Northern Cardinal #5

A male Northern Cardinal that was hanging around the bird feeder.  

The northern cardinal is a bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal or just cardinal. It can be found in southern eastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, and south through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Big Island of Hawai’i. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Cardinalis cardinalis

Mass: 1.5 oz (Adult) Encyclopedia of Life

Length: 8.2 – 9.3 in. Encyclopedia of Life

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable) Encyclopedia of Life

Symbol of: Illinois, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia

Songs: Both male and female Northern Cardinals sing

 

Brown Creeper #12

A Brown Creeper that I found walking up a pine tree in the near by woods. The brown creeper, also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Certhia americana

Mass: 0.3 oz (Adult) Encyclopedia of Life

Family: Certhiidae

Length: 4.6 – 5.3 in. Encyclopedia of Life

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)