There is something undeniably joyful about watching birds flit between shrubs in the landscape or perch on seed heads in a ...

The bluebird feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates (such as moths, worms, flies, ants, etc.), but they will search for berries, especially in winter. You will often see them perched on wires ...

Q: I watched a beautiful male cardinal feeding an all-brown bird on the roof of my garage. Why would it feed another species? A: That’s a great observation and it indicates how different young ...

Angela Buck let her dogs out into the yard and froze when she glimpsed a red speck in her driveway. Angela Buck Buck ...

Unless a fledgling is injured, it is best to leave it alone. The parent birds find and take care of fledglings. But it’s a very vulnerable time, and many do not make it.

Cardinals at Pope Francis's funeral. | Dan Kitwood/GettyImages American colonists named the birds cardinals as a nod to the red-gowned religious figures (either directly or after the word cardinal ...

“Regardless of trends we need to change how we shop. While feathers look beautiful on the catwalk they look more beautiful on a bird; I recently saw a cardinal and it was majestic.

Birds like the northern cardinal and even the American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when ...

Birds like the northern cardinal and even the American robin, Michigan's state bird, tend to survive extreme cold better. Though robins are known to migrate south to warmer temperatures when ...

] A 2003 study analyzed the feathers of an individual yellow Northern Cardinal. This specific bird lacked all of these reg pigments that were derived from what it had eaten.

And yes, he verified he was seeing it too,” Arlene McDaniel said. Scientists estimate the male northern cardinal’s genetic mutation that makes it yellow also makes it a 1-in-10 million bird.