Their feathers glow bright red against a dreary background. This phenomenon has to do with their molting regime. As with other bird species, the northern cardinal molts its feathers and grows new ...

The northern cardinal is a familiar bird in our area. Easy to see and easy to identify; the jaunty crest and bright red feathers of the male are unmistakable.

Sometimes bird names are conveniently separated by directions. For instance, there are eastern and western meadowlarks. Can you guess on which side of the continent each species lives? Well, duh.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- An incredible sight was recently captured on a Pennsylvania wildlife camera. Experts say it was a Northern Cardinal, but with some blue feathers instead of red.

Mr. Yellow, a male northern cardinal with a rare genetic mutation that causes his feathers to be yellow instead of red caused a sensation when he was photographed in Alabaster, Ala. in 2018.

The northern cardinal is a monogamous bird. ... The male will show off his bright colors and feathers before hopping from one foot to another. While he hops, he will start to sing.

Imagine staring out your back window, watching the birds come to your feeder. You see Carolina wrens, Carolina chickadees, and a northern cardinal. Wait, is it a cardinal? You see ...

A Northern Cardinal is a striking site 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 female northern cardinal is often thought of as not having a crest like its male counterpart. ... Plumage is a term that refers to the characteristics of a bird's feathers.

BATH TOWNSHIP, MI – A yellow northern cardinal is a rare thing and Michigan’s got one. Michiganders Arlene and John McDaniel have been backyard birders for nearly four decades and just before ...