Unlike most other bird species, the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species ...

What Do Cardinal Eggs Look Like? There are a few ways to identify Northern cardinal eggs. First, look at their general color. The eggs of these birds come in hues of off-white, such as grayish white ...

The pond in Phil Swanson's backyard is mostly shallow to attract birds in Papillion on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Phil Swanson ...

The bluebird feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates (such as moths, worms, flies, ants, etc.), but they will search for berries, especially in winter. You will often see them perched on wires ...

The beautiful male cardinal bird in this hilarious YouTube clip is very interested in a female and is not being subtle about it! The obvious way he is checking her out may seem amusing to us, but ...

There are two types of cardinals: the spring, summer and fall cardinals—and they are beautiful—and there are the winter cardinals—and they are spectacular.

Cardinals at Pope Francis's funeral. | Dan Kitwood/GettyImages American colonists named the birds cardinals as a nod to the red-gowned religious figures (either directly or after the word cardinal ...

Discover how long baby birds stay in the nest, how long it takes bird eggs to hatch, how baby birds learn to fly and more ...

The sighting brings to mind the story from two years ago when Bob Motz of Rock Island sighted a two-toned cardinal in his yard. The bird was half-male (bright red) and half-female (buff brown).

Male cardinals’ vibrant red color, black mask and jaunty crest are beloved among even those who have little interest in birds, but I prefer the more muted colors of the females. This one was ...

In June 2018, Mr. Yellow appeared to be a father. Black photographed the bird and a female cardinal caring for a nest with two hatchlings in it.

The female builds an open-cup nest of twigs, bark shreds, grass and rootlets in a dense shrub, thicket or vine tangle, or low in a conifer. She lays three to four greenish-white eggs and incubates ...