Birding is also an excellent way to connect with nature during a season when outdoor activities may feel limited.

Just before Christmas, two backyard birders in Michigan were in for the ultimate surprise–a yellow Northern Cardinal. Arlene and John McDaniel spotted the incredibly rare bird in their backyard in ...

Sometimes these pigments are either not expressed or are overexpressed, which results in some rare changes in the color ... see in birds plumage, including those of the Northern Cardinal ...

I don’t receive many messages from my mom. Maybe I have not paid attention and missed some in the last 5 years since she passed. This Christmas I was thinking ...

scarlet hue when yellow pigments in their food have changed the color of their complexion to red. According to the Bird Note Organization, some Northern Cardinals, such as the cardinal in ...

My mom loved birds and the color red, so cardinals were her favorite ... feeder and tell my mom out loud that I wanted to see a cardinal. (Yes, I talk to dead people.) I would tell her over ...

Winter days can be cold and dreary, but they also offer a great chance for kids to get creative indoors. Drawing is a fun ...

You saw a striking bird with a red head, did you? You wonder what it is. That shouldn't be too hard to figure out, should it?

The dormant season is a great time to sow flower seeds, establish trees and shrubs, and get started on the vegetable garden.

Anyone who has ever dabbled in the art of photography will understand that you find yourself at the mercy of your environment.

Naturally is a bi-weekly column about birding on the Cape written for the Herald by staff at the New Jersey Audubon. While ...