Cold weather changes everything for backyard birds. Smart winter feeding habits can help them conserve energy, stay healthy, ...

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 ...

Cardinals add joyous pops of color to a snowy or dreary winter background. It also happens you can provide more than just ...

Bundling up in multiple layers with my thermostat cranked up is bringing back East Coast winter flashbacks so strongly, I keep thinking I'll see snow on the ground when I open my door. Not that I'm ...

If you are an amateur bird watcher like me, you have likely noticed that the group of birds you see in the winter is somewhat ...

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 ...

Your garden may be resting over winter, but if you enjoy some winter bird watching, you'll appreciate that there is still plenty of life to appreciate out there. Birds don’t hibernate and while some ...

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 ...

In late January, something odd appeared on Charlie Stephenson’s bird feeder in Alabaster, Alabama. It looked just like a cardinal—the bright crimson bird common across the eastern United States—except ...

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 ...