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Is Your State Bird Moving On?

West Virginia species impacted by Global Warming
Cardinal Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)

State bird of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and West Virginia
Photo © Jim Roetzel
Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

 
The cardinal is not in danger of disappearing its home states.

Description
8-9" (20-23 cm). Male bright red with crest, black face, stout red bill. Female buff-brown tinged with red on crest, wings, and tail.

Voice
Rich what-cheer, cheer, cheer; purty-purty-purty-purty or sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet. Also a metallic chip.

Habitat
Woodland edges, thickets, brushy swamps, and gardens.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

Alder Flycatcher
American Redstart
Baltimore Oriole
Bank Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-winged Warbler
House Wren
Least Flycatcher
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Savannah Sparrow
Sedge Wren
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Vesper Sparrow
Warbling Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Siskin



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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