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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the end of January, I heard a northern cardinal sing. Birdy, birdy, birdy. What cheer, cheer, cheer. A crimson-red male sat at the top of the tree and sent out his advertisement to a nearby female.

Spring sometimes motivates me to get up at an hour that seems totally unreasonable at any other time of year. And so, when I stepped outside at 5 a.m., I was surprised to be greeted by the ...

Imagine there's a singing pope. It's easy if you've seen the resurfaced 2019 video of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle singing the 1971 John Lennon song. Tagle is among the favorites to be the next pope, ...

Cardinal sings out over his home A brightly colored male cardinal sings from a treetop in Lions Lake Park, Lebanon County. One particular song cut through the cacophony of bird sound at Lions Lake ...