I need to start filling our feeders. I love your story about Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal. So, if they don’t fly south, what do they do & where do they live????
Northern Cardinals don’t migrate, though they have been pushing their territories more northerly.
They’re here all year. Usually they come around me more in the Winter, but this Summer they’ve been here all the time. They are seed and berry eaters in Winter, and they especially like Black Oil Sunflower seeds and Safflower seeds. They are wary and circumspect compared with other birds but eventually get used to birdfeeders and people.
They mate for life, and if you see the bright red male, the female is usually very nearby.