A Maryland native shrub, the surrounding winter foliage of this Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) shrub provided a male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) with a protected perch.

Northern cardinal

A Maryland native shrub, the surrounding winter foliage of this Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) shrub provided a male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) with a protected perch.

bird passerine perching habitat native plant wetland marsh Chesapeake Maryland

Author(s)Jane Hawkey
Author CompanyIntegration and Application Network
Date Created2014-02-28
AlbumFauna > Birds
TypePhoto
Dimensions2336 x 3504
Filesize5.5 MB
Number of Downloads195
Filetype(s) JPG
LicenseAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Required AttributionJane Hawkey, Integration and Application Network (ian.umces.edu/media-library)