In today"s image is a pyrrhuloxia—also known as the desert cardinal—a songbird that lives in the deserts of northern Mexico and the American Southwest. The female cardinal, while lacking the flamboyant colouration of her male counterpart, possesses a unique charm in her own right. While she shares the distinctive crest and red bill with the male, her plumage is a more subdued yellowish, cinnamon-brown, adorned only with subtle touches of red. Unlike females in many bird species, the female cardinal is an accomplished vocalist, harmonising with the melodies of the male.
Pyrrhuloxia bird
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Lesser rheas, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile
-
White trilliums in Ontario, Canada
-
Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
-
The Three Musketeers Falls at Iguazú Falls, Argentina
-
Tasmans Arch, Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia
-
Pumpkins and squashes
-
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
-
Aerial view of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
-
A black heron canopy hunting in Botswana
-
Bicycles on a bridge in Utrecht, Netherlands
-
Val di Funes, South Tyrol, Italy
-
Trullo buildings in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy
-
Golden larches and Prusik Peak, Enchantments, Washington, USA
-
Llyn Padarn lake, Snowdonia, Wales
-
La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
-
Château dIf, Marseille, France
-
Arches National Park, Utah, United States
-
River Thames, England, United Kingdom
-
Ploumanach Lighthouse, France
-
Marine iguanas, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
-
Beech trees and anemone wildflowers, Jutland, Denmark
-
Moorea, French Polynesia
-
Gran Paradiso National Park, Piedmont, Italy
-
Letters Square Roundabout, Manaus, Brazil
-
Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
-
Barrier reef off Grande Terre, New Caledonia, France
-
Jasper National Park, Canada
-
Almond trees in full bloom, California, USA
-
Wolfe Creek Crater, Australia
-
Skyscrapers in Manhattan