| The cardinal is probably one of the most recognizable and
popular North American birds because of its brilliant red
color and crested head. Cardinals will mate for life and
remain together throughout the entire year. That's why
you will usually see a male and female together at your
feeding station.
The common and familiar Northern Cardinal is a bird whose range has expanded northward in the last 100 years. Originally a bird of the Southeast, the Northern Cardinal's range expanded north and northwest along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In 1886 this cardinal was found only occasionally north of the Ohio River. By 1895 it had reached the Great Lakes, and by 1910, it was found in southern
Ontario.
The name, of course, comes from the color worn by the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. They, in turn, took their title from the Latin
cardinalis meaning "important," or "that on which something
depends" from cardo or "hinge."
Cardinal Software has adopted the
cardinal because it is a
symbol of stability, robustness and has the ability to live in
harsh conditions, like a successful enterprise in today's
competitive software marketplace.
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The
Northern Cardinal
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