by June Osborne
photographs by Barbara Garland
University of Texas Press, 1992
Paper: 978-0-292-76043-1 | Cloth: 978-0-292-71147-1 | eISBN: 978-0-292-76166-7
Library of Congress Classification QL696.P2438O73 1992
Dewey Decimal Classification 598.883

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this inviting guide, June Osborne and Barbara Garland follow a year in the life of the Northern Cardinal with a fact-filled text and glowing color photographs. They describe how cardinals stake out territory and choose mates, find a nesting site and incubate their eggs, feed the young and prepare them for full-fledged independence. The Cardinal also explores the special relationship that humans have with their favorite redbirds. Osborne traces the symbolic use of cardinals as state birds (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia) and athletic mascots and shows how they appear on everything from postage stamps to Christmas cards, as well as in fine art, literature, and Native American folklore.


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