The male Northern Cardinal is hard to miss. Its vibrant red head and black eye mask stands in stark contrast to winter’s bleary hues, spring’s pastel florals and summer’s bright greens. Once you learn ...

What Does a Northern Cardinal Bird Look Like? It’s hard to resist a northern cardinal bird. They’re lively, bright and amazing songsters. Amid the browns, blues and greens of the natural world, ...

Mornings these days resound with bird song, and it's a cheerful start to my day. The crimson-plumed male northern cardinal is one of the first songsters at the break of day. He sits atop a bush in my ...

Go outside in the early morning, and let your ears detect the birth of spring heralded by bird song, nature's most beautifully composed chorus. All we have to do is listen; the opening harmonies will ...

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 ...

New research suggests that populations of the Northern Cardinal -- one of the most ubiquitous backyard birds in the United States -- are undergoing speciation in two adjacent deserts. This study, ...

­One of the most iconic birds in the United States is the northern cardinal, a crested songbird known for its scarlet-red—and on the rare occasion, yellow—color. Its hue makes the bird almost ...

Since their creation, state mottos and symbols have helped to achieve distinction and uniqueness. North Carolina's state motto is "Esse Quam Videri." It's a Latin phrase that roughly translates to "to ...