[Length 23 in. Wingspan 49 in.]

This Crested Caracara was photographed at Choke Canyon State Park, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: December 2000)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 49 in.]

This Crested Caracara was photographed at Attwater Prairie-Chicken NWR, Eagle Lake, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 14, 2009)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 34.5 in.]

This Yellow-headed Caracara was photographed at Achiote Road, Colon, Panama. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=360mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: August 5, 2011)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 34.5 in.]

This Yellow-headed Caracara was photographed at Achiote Road, Colon, Panama. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=330mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: August 5, 2011)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

Often simply called Redbird, the Northern Cardinal is a common visitor to feeders. Although brightly colored, male cardinals can disappear into shrubbery with ease. Their distinctive song, a series of single whistled notes, is heard in the spring. This male was photographed on a cold, but sunny, February day near a backyard feeder. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 mirror lens on Ektachrome 400 film. (Date: February 1978)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This male was photographed on a cold, but sunny, February day near a feeder in central New Jersey. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 mirror lens on Ektachrome 400 film. (Date: February 1978)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This female Northern Cardinal was photographed near a feeder in Middletown , New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1994)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This female Northern Cardinal was photographed at Frontera Audubon, Weslaco, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: January 11, 2005)