[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)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This female Northern Cardinal was photographed at Cave Creek Ranch, Portal, AZ. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 12, 2007)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Northern Cardinal was photographed at Robert Lee, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 16, 2007)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This female Northern Cardinal was photographed at a residentail neighborhood, Houston, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: February 6, 2008)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This male Northern Cardinal was photographed at Allen William's "Wildscaped" yard, Pharr, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 6, 2009)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This female Northern Cardinal was photographed at the visitor center, Laguna Atascosa NWR, 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 D300 camera. (Date: May 8, 2009)