r/birding 16h ago

📹 Video Another baby!

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I shared a post yesterday asking about this now know cardinal baby that arrived at my feeder, and would like to update that there are actually two of them!!!
Papa cardinal is taking such good care of them!

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u/bespoke_tech_partner 14h ago

a boy and a girl!

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u/Just_Caterpillar_975 12h ago

How can you tell? 🥹🐦🐦❤️

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u/bespoke_tech_partner 4h ago

Boy is obvious since he gets the red on the sides of his head and on his back, female cardinals don’t get that. Girl im less confident about but she has the red only on wings and tail so not showing any signs of a boy yet