This female northern cardinal landed on the feeder right after the squirrel had dumped all the seeds out it it. She managed to find one and the sunlight hit it just as I snapped the photo.
The Northern Cardinal is a North American bird in the genus Cardinalis;
it is also known colloquially as the redbird or common cardinal.
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Scientific name: Cardinalis cardinalis
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Symbol of: Illinois
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Rank: Species
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Higher classification: Cardinalis
-Wikipedia
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