Greetings: I received 6 responses to my question. Here are the responses, without the name of the response person.
1 - "Yes, they even sing to one another in a duet." 2 - "As far as I know the male cardinal is much more vocal; he's courting the lady. He'll sing 'what cheer, cheer, cheer. The female has a short chip." I received this person's response, but my "Thank You" was refused/not delivered, to this person, but "Thank You", any way. RESPONSE: How did you learn the answer? "It's just based on observation of them and from what I read. I take pictures of them and observe the male singing and the female just making that little short chirp. Interestingly they are always the last to arrive at the feeder as the sun has gone down." 3. "Yes, they both sing." 4. "I'm not 100% certain, Rev. Strnad, but I'm pretty sure only males sing a song. Females will have call notes and alarm calls but not sing. Hopefully, others will chime in and reinforce my assertion here." 5. "My friend _ _ sent some information she looked up about this. It seems the pairing male and female do a seamless continuation of each other's song: the female picks up where the male leaves off. I guess that would imply she knows the same song." 6. "Hi Forest. From what I've have heard female cardinals sing a quieter and more simple song than the male. Recently I heard one female doing the 'chew chew chew chew part." Thanks to each of you for your response to my question. I'm sure the lady in my church will appreciate your responses. Probably brag about your answers. Rev. Forest V. Strnad Faribault, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
