<i>Cardinalis cardinalis</i> Length: 8-9"
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I remembered seeing Northern Cardinals as a child in Illinois.
California does not have them and I have missed their vibrant red coloring.
I was quite excited to see one while I was visiting Oahu.
Since then, I have seen them in the Mid-west and Texas.
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Northern Cardinals eat insects, fruits and seeds and as the two pictures 
below show, leaves.
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