The longer winter goes on, with its monochrome palette, leafless branches and profound silence, the more we appreciate the brilliantly red Northern cardinal. Cardinals visit our backyards and feeders ...

A bright red Northern Cardinal highlights the winter vines of wisteria where it perches. Jean Tanner Island Packet Bright red cardinals are commonly part of Christmas cards, holiday decor and the ...

The northern cardinal doesn't migrate and is one of the common year-round inhabitants of bird feeders in the Twin Cities area and throughout much of southern Minnesota. The species, however, has ...

When we peer out a window to watch a colorful cardinal dexterously use its heavy beak to remove the heart from a sunflower seed, we know we are feeding the birds more for our benefit than theirs.

Holiday images of cardinals on everything from greeting cards to table napkins are so common that the cardinal has been dubbed the “Christmas bird.” I can’t count the number of holiday greeting cards ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s official state bird is the northern cardinal, according to IN.gov. The Hoosier State isn’t, however, the only state that claims ownership of the red-feathered bird. Indiana is ...

Winter offers some of the best opportunities to observe birds. During the colder months, many species are actively searching for food and sheltered places to roost. With the trees bare of leaves, they ...

A bright red northern cardinal flitting through bare branches on a cold steel-gray day is a gift only winter can give. As we turn indoors, one connection to nature that may stave off cabin fever and ...

As temperatures plummet to below zero across Michigan this week, backyard bird enthusiasts who enjoy watching and feeding their feathered visitors may wonder how, or if, they can withstand the harsh ...