Gainesville, Virginia. Homefacts City Report. Gainesville is located in Prince William County, VA. The population is 11,225. There are 5 public schools in Gainesville with an average Homefacts rating of A. The total crime rate for Gainesville is very low, and there are 21 registered sex offenders residing in the city.
On average, northern cardinals live for 3 years in the wild although several individuals have had life spans of 13 to 15 years. The longevity record for a captive northern cardinal is 28 Â½ years!
POSTSCRIPT #2: On 2 May 2004 we retrapped a male Northern Cardinal (#8101-40966) that had been banded at Hilton Pond Center as a recent fledgling on 8 July 2002. At recapture, this bird exhibited baldness very similar to that depicted in the female cardinal in the photos above.