Q: I watched a beautiful male cardinal feeding an all-brown bird on the roof of my garage. Why would it feed another species? A: That’s a great observation and it indicates how different young ...

Northern cardinals are beloved birds in the U.S. With a range that extends through much of the territory east of the Rockies as well as the Desert Southwest, these winged wonders are celebrated as the ...

Q: I was hearing cardinals starting to sing their springtime song in January. Why do they start so early, since they don’t begin nesting until late spring? A: It takes a lot of time and energy to ...