Birders and non-birders alike love the Northern Cardinal. The singing of the male cardinal is a sure harbinger of early spring. To many birders, the cardinal has taken the mantle of announcing spring ...

One of the first signs that spring is not far off arrives in mid-February, when the male northern cardinal sings his cheerful ...

Many people assume that male songbirds are the ones doing the crooning. But more than 660 species of songbirds are known in which the females sing as well. And there are still 3,500 species of ...

One of our most beloved and common yard birds, the northern cardinal, may not be as aptly named as we think. Despite its current range from as far north as Maine and west to northern Wisconsin and ...

A You may have some particularly bright males in your neighborhood. Although we tend to think of all cardinal males as being knockout red, there actually is some variation in their brightness. And ...

Every morning at about 7 since late February, the cardinal has been singing its “Cheer, cheer, cheer” song in my yard. Now the American robin is singing, “Cheerily, cheerio,” adding to the growing ...

I once assumed that every singing bird I heard was a male. As any bird lover knows, male songbirds sing lustily in spring to attract females and defend territory. About the only exception, I thought, ...

That’s not true, Maureen, Well, maybe part of what you said is true. I do make fun of cardinals, but it doesn’t mean I don’t like them. I like all birds, even birds the rest of society despises ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bright red cardinals are commonly part of Christmas cards, holiday decor and the general spirit of wintertime. This bird, called ...

For reasons that don’t require full disclosure, I have set up a temporary desk in our kitchen by a bay window that blissfully connects me with the outside world — so lush and green, from trees to ...