Just outside my home-office window, I noticed a bird’s nest about 4 feet high in some leafless shrubbery on a cold, winter’s day. I had not seen the nest in summer when it was hidden by green ...

Could you build a simple, cup-shaped bird nest, like that of a Northern cardinal, strong enough to withstand the vicissitudes of spring weather and hold three to five nestlings? I accepted that ...

Several weeks ago, a pair of northern cardinals began building a nest in a shrub near our bay window. There nest is about eight feet from my favorite chair where I drink my morning coffee. This spring ...

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 ...

It’s hard to resist a northern cardinal bird. They’re lively, bright and amazing songsters. Amid the browns, blues and greens of the natural world, northern cardinals are showstoppers. And in winter’s ...

A northern cardinal on a post in winter - Ken Winkler/Shutterstock There's something almost magical about seeing cardinals against a snow-filled backdrop: It's like they're nature's colorful symbols ...