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.
Female pyrrhuloxia in Texas, USA
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Shark Awareness Day
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Cherry blossoms in Shanghai, China
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Connecting the dots
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World Theatre Day
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Spring equinox
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Keel-billed toucan, Costa Rica
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Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
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Sea otter
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World Sea Turtle Day
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holyhead, Wales
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Babbling on and on
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Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
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Castle in the sky
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Mona Vale rockpool, Sydney, Australia
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Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, Canada
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Great North Run
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States
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Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida, United States
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A berry merry Christmas
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A postcard-perfect landscape
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Maasai giraffe mother with calf in the Serengeti, Tanzania
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Night outside the museum
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Hertfordshire, England
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Dragon waterfall, Venezuela
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves