![]() ![]() ![]() Any flashes of red noted in the southern fields of the Territory of Michigan would most likely have been from the cardinal-red jackets of British soldiers that had conquered Detroit and the surrounding region, and not from cardinals. If you searched locally for Northern Cardinals at the time of the surrender of Fort Detroit during the War of 1812, you would most likely have failed. I’ve got a feeling the choice is really made based on the bird’s popularity, and perhaps the ease to identify, “Hey look! There’s a redbird!” If my theory is correct, perhaps the Northern Cardinal should be crowned as the favorite “winter bird” of Oakland County, for there is no confusing these birds with any other birds that may appear in deep winter.Ĭardinals do not migrate with the seasons and have traditionally been more common in warmer climates such as the American southeast. Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia all have the Northern Cardinal as their state bird. The state bird selection is supposedly made based on the bird’s uniqueness or significance to the state. As a matter of fact, cardinals are noticed more easily here in winter than in summer, and in seven states this easy to recognize bird is honored year round.Įvery state in the United States has an official state bird. With their striking red plumage surrounded by a sea of swirling snow, they are in a class of their own for stunning beauty, a fact that has not gone unnoticed. Many of those encounters were with the “redbird,” more properly known as the Northern Cardinal, a permanent year round resident of Oakland County. and temperatures plunged into single digits in Oakland County. Encounters with the natural world accelerated at local bird feeders during the first week of January as blizzards slammed much of the eastern U.S. ![]()
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