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- This is a nonfiction story about the Cardinal.
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- The male and the female look very different.
- The male cardinal is bright red and has a crest. The male cardinal also
has a black mask on its face.
- The female cardinal has a gray stomach with a yellow back.
- The young cardinal has a gray back and a white stomach with a
crest. This is the
cardinal’s sound:
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- It goes to bird feeders in the winter.
- It gets the food off the ground.
- It perches on trees and waits for food to come to it.
- The beak is a cracker beak.
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- The cardinal does not usually migrate.
- It migrates when it can’t find food.
- It has no predators in the cold.
- The cardinal can live in many different places.
- They change homes.
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- The female lays the eggs.
- She can lay 3-6 eggs.
- The male feeds her.
- Storks do not deliver the eggs.
- The eggs are green, gold, aquamarine, and blue.
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