Q Lately I've seen a mangy-looking female cardinal at my Roseville feeder. She's missing neck feathers and has a scraggly crest. She's sometimes accompanied by a male without any feathers on its head.

Plumage is a term that refers to the characteristics of a bird's feathers. Shown here is the normal plumage of an adult northern cardinal. The female northern cardinal is often thought of as not ...

As you begin Valentine’s Day, listen for the cheery song of the northern cardinal. The crimson-colored male bespeaks sweetheart’s day like no other bird, and its courtship with the female cardinal is ...

Male cardinals are red. Female cardinals are tan. The odd bird that's been roosting outside John and Shirley Caldwell's kitchen in Erie, Pennsylvania, is an even split of both. Divided down the middle ...

The adult male cardinal is unmistakable with his intense red color, prominent crest and heavy, orange-red bill. The adult female cardinal has a red and grey crest. She is olive-gray above and brownish ...

A flamingo-pink bird has been turning heads in Bay View throughout the summer. The bird is the the same size and shape of a northern cardinal. It behaves like a cardinal and seen in typical cardinal ...

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 ...

The particular leucistic Northern Cardinal in this TikTok video only has her red patches with the rest of her feathers colored white. Interestingly, even though much of the plumage hue is missing, we ...

Q: The cardinals in our front yard seem to have lost feathers on their heads and are down to bare skin. What causes this? A: You're noticing something that's not uncommon among cardinals and blue jays ...

An American robin perched on a limb puffs its maroon-red chest proudly. The male northern cardinal boasts spectacular red plumage from head to tail, offset by his coal-black face. How fitting that the ...