Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Northern Cardinal



Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis

Range: From southern Canada through the East half of the USA, into the Southwest a bit, eastern Mexico, south to northern Guatemala and Belize
Habitat: woodlands, gardens, shrubland, swamps
Food: seeds, grains, fruit
Migration: None
Sexual Dimorphism: Males brighter red, female is dull red-brown
Reproduction: Sometimes mated male and females sing together before nesting.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Who loves phylogeny? Me!

Super confusing, incomplete and probably wrong

Birds are believed to have evolved from therapod dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period (150 - 200 million years ago) and the first known bird was archaeopteryx (now extinct).