Do Cardinals live in large groups?

So, where I live in Pittsburgh we had a terrible storm, knocking a large number of trees down in my yard. Today I was out cutting apart fallen trees and noticed a large number of male and female cardinals flying all around a Eastern White Pine that was collapsed by a falling Black Locust tree.

Is it typical for these birds to live in groups? There were a lot of birds out today, but I thought it was odd to see that many of one kind in a single group.

In the winter, they may show up in number's, but I would think its because they are hungry. But usually its just a male and female.

They may follow others around hoping that it leads to food.

I normally only see two or three pairs round my feeders, but yesterday in the snow I counted at least a dozen males at one time, visiting the feeders.

Yes I'm having the same Cardinal Convention at my feeders the last few days. The challenging weather brings them all together at food sources.

I suppose there were females too--but Males are easier to count!

Yes, I can get over a dozen at once when they're looking for food. It's funny to see nine males all in the same tree knowing that come spring they would be chasing each other off. Funny what we can overcome when there's a common goal....we could all learn from the birds!

We will get twenty or more at times...especially in the evening just around dusk for their last feeding of the day.

same here nanny