In empirical terms, the male northern cardinal is a spectacular bird. Flaming red with a punker’s crest on top of its head, a ...

Often in drawings and paintings this black area is drawn to completely surround the male cardinal's eye, but in reality this is seldom if ever the case. Receive Daily Headlines FREESign up today!

A Northern Cardinal is a striking sight when you go birdwatching in North Carolina. It's the one that almost every birdwatcher hopes to see at least once. The males have red feathers with a black ...

The cardinal breeding season is a little longer than other backyard birds’ breeding seasons. For example, both American goldfinches and black-capped chickadees have shorter breeding seasons.