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The longer winter goes on, with its monochrome palette, leafless branches and profound silence, the more we appreciate the brilliantly red Northern cardinal. Cardinals visit our backyards and feeders ...

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 ...

Last week, a friend tagged me in a post about a weird bird. I’m used to it—as a known bird guy, friends are constantly making me aware when some new study comes out or a rare bird shows up. But this ...

From hummingbirds to cardinals, bird feeders to bird flu — here are more stories about the winged creatures we love to see in our backyards (and beyond). The male Northern Cardinal is hard to miss.

A rare yellow cardinal once again has been spotted by a bird watcher, this time in Theodore, Alabama. Karem Maldonado has nine bird feeders scattered about her yard. Normally, Maldonado doesn't have ...

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 ...

A rare yellow northern cardinal spotted in Alabama in 2018 became an internet sensation and opened millions of people’s eyes to a spectacular power of genetic mutation. Now, Geoffrey Hill, an ...

Christmas cards are steadily arriving now in our mailbox, happy greetings from family and friends that warm our hearts. It is said that the tradition of sending Christmas cards began in England in the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators are normally the animal of choice at the University of Florida. But this month, a yellow cardinal has soared to the top of the university’s popularity list. The rare bird, a ...