This phenomenon has to do with their molting regime. As with other bird species, the northern cardinal molts its feathers and grows new ones in late summer and early fall.

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. Northern cardinals are widespread ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The northern cardinal is quite a notorious bird. With its bright red plumage, the cardinal moves about much of the United States. NC Animal Kingdom: Honeybees The ...

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 ...

You see what appears to be a male northern cardinal, but something isn’t quite normal. Where the feathers are usually deep red, you see a large number of white feathers instead.

Northern Cardinal Northern cardinals are commonly spotted across the eastern half of the United States, and also show up as far west as Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and in Mexico.

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.

One of the most recognizable birds in our region is the northern cardinal. It is not one of those fair-weather birds, but lives out its entire life enduring all the seasons in one area. There is ...

With its bright red plumage, the cardinal moves about much of the United States. NC Animal Kingdom: Honeybees The northern cardinal can be found as far south as Mexico to as north as Canada.