The male Northern Cardinal is hard to miss. Its vibrant red head and black eye mask stands in stark contrast to winter’s bleary hues, spring’s pastel florals and summer’s bright greens. Once you learn ...

Every morning at about 7 since late February, the cardinal has been singing its “Cheer, cheer, cheer” song in my yard. Now the American robin is singing, “Cheerily, cheerio,” adding to the growing ...

Winter is fading, spring is coming, and birds are singing. The distinctive songs of eastern meadowlarks roll across prairies surrounding our metropolis. The males perch on fence lines, fence poles and ...

What Does a Northern Cardinal Bird Look Like? 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, ...

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 ...

Myriad bird species will be flying through northern Illinois in the next couple of months, filling the region with bird songs as they fly to their northern breeding grounds or establish nesting spots ...

Editor's note: Jamie Hill was misidentified in a previous version of this story. Longtime birder Jamie Hill of Waterford knew he'd come across something rare when he saw the northern cardinal that ...