Scenes and clips from the Matthew West Concert, held Thursday, March 20, at Grove's First Baptist Church, Grove, Okla. Photos by Kaylea M. Hutson / Grove Sun.
Red-crested Cardinal: Native to South America, this bird has a bright red head, crest, face, chin and upper breast. The upperparts are gray with an incomplete white collar that nearly meets at the back of the neck. It has white underparts, a light gray bill and gray legs and feet. It mainly feeds on plant seeds, fruits, berries and insects.
Because of their high metabolic rates, birds must consume more food in proportion to their size than most animals. For example, a warbler might eat 80 percent of its body weight in a day.s a group, birds consume just about any type of food you can imagine, including amphibians, ants, buds, carrion, crustaceans, fish, fruit, grass, insects, larvae, leaves, molluscs, nectar, other birds, pollen, reptiles, rodents, roots, sap, seeds, suet, snails, wax, & worms.