The male northern cardinal, which I call the valentine bird because of his rich red color, greets me every morning with a cheery song. He's like a musical Valentine's Day greeting card but one of ...

An extremely rare yellow cardinal spotted in Shelby County earlier this year now appears to be the father to two hatchlings, according to the two Alabama residents who originally discovered and ...

Birders and non-birders alike love the Northern Cardinal. The singing of the male cardinal is a sure harbinger of early spring. To many birders, the cardinal has taken the mantle of announcing spring ...

ERIE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania bird watcher found a rare cardinal with two colors that is half male and half female. Jamie Hill, 69, a longtime birder from Waterford, noticed that the bird was bright red ...

One common backyard bird that may be taken for granted also has romantic attributes worthy of Valentine’s Day. In the brown bleakness of mid-winter, the male Northern cardinal brings a flash of bright ...

When male northern cardinals perch amid evergreens highlighted with a dusting of snow, well, winter doesn't get much more greeting-card gorgeous than that. Because they're so handsome, cardinal images ...

A rare half-male, half-female cardinal was first spotted in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago, a report said Thursday. “This remarkable bird is a genuine male/female chimera,” said Daniel Hooper, a ...