The Cardinal is common throughout the county and is resident during the entire year.  It nests freely in the suburbs of the city and is abundant in the parks and cemeteries.  Its three or four eggs are laid in May and more than one brood is raised.  The nest is a loose, bulky structure placed in low trees, bushes, briar tangles or thick vines.

     The Redbird is silent only during the time of moulting, after the last brood of young are out of the nest.  Great numbers pass the severe periods of winter in the shelter of Swope Park, in the upper Blue Valley, along the bluffs and in the timbered bottoms.