One of my favorite birds to see in my yard is the humble cardinal. Male cardinals have a black face with a stunning, fiery ...

It's always a delight when cardinals pass by our homes. To encourage these feathered friends to nest in your yard, follow these helpful tips.

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 ...

The discovery of a nest-building bird in my south garden was a game changer. Opportunities for such close observation are rare. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 76°F.

However, the Cardinal’s Nest was founded and is entirely run by 101st Soldiers. The facility provides TF service members with a place to meet others and amenities such as a television equipped ...

Once the birds start to spend some time out of the nest, the mom leaves to go build a second nest to have another round of babies. Dad stays to protect and feed the cardinal children.

Male Northern Cardinal eating some Safflower Seed in the Universal Mealworm Dish. Natural cotton nesting ball provides quality nesting material for nest-building birds.

Watch for the parents carrying nesting material or a mouth full of insects to a dense shrubby area in your yard where they may have put their nest. They eat mainly seeds and fruit, supplementing ...

To protect cardinals and other birds from injury, minimize reflective surfaces, especially near feeders and nesting areas. “While the cardinal population is stable, the bird count in North ...

Tips for Offering Nesting Materials. If you want to offer safe nesting material for backyard birds, here's how and when to do it. Time it right. Place materials out in the spring when birds begin ...

Before too long, I hope to have the chance to mark a mourning dove, blue jay or cardinal nest as ON (for occupied nest) and then NE (nests with eggs), and to observe the birds feeding their young ...

Without these, no amount of nesting material serves any purpose. For more information about birds and bird habitat, see Sharon Sorenson's books How Birds Behave, ...