Bird watching: cardinals in Nova Scotia

Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions cardinals.

I can’t recall seeing a cardinal in Nova Scotia. I have seen one, outside Detroit in 1984 on a summer vacation. It was perched on a clothesline in a backyard; the old man on a lawn chair there waved at us in our car as we slowly drove by. He could tell we weren’t local. I still recall his friendly smile, and that cardinal near him.

I wondered if I’d ever see another cardinal, but haven’t. Interestingly, they live in Nova Scotia now – year-round, moreover – having expanded from the Niagara region in Ontario.

Interesting, eh?

Source:

Hoar, Tyler et al. Birds of Canada. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 2010.

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