The female northern cardinal is often thought of as not having a crest like its male counterpart. But the female cardinal does have a crest. Its crest is recumbent, meaning that it can lie down ...

As one reader recently wrote, "I've come to appreciate the elegant beauty of the female Northern cardinal. Her hues are vibrant, artfully arranged and accent her buff coloring perfectly." ...

The female Northern Cardinal is a prolific singer, even more so than her mate for life. They are known to sing up to two dozen different tunes.

Thanks to the developmental fusion of male-female bird twins into one individual, this northern cardinal is half red and half tan -- split lengthwise down its middle -- and is half male and half ...

The female Northern Cardinal is a prolific singer, even more so than her mate for life. They are known to sing up to two dozen different tunes. Mike Moody Pixabay ...

The female Northern Cardinal is a prolific singer, even more so than her mate for life. They are known to sing up to two dozen different tunes. Mike Moody Pixabay ...

The northern cardinal is Ohio's state bird. Over the past 200 years, its population density and range have increased across the country, largely as a response to habitat changes made by people ...

The northern cardinal is the official bird of seven different states, including North Carolina. The oldest known cardinal was a female who lived for 15 years and 9 months.

Peggy Guthrie of rural Long Grove, Iowa, snapped this photo of an unusual female northern cardinal sitting in her weeping mulberry tree. I forwarded it to Steve Hager, an associate professor of ...

The female Northern Cardinal is a prolific singer, even more so than her mate for life. They are known to sing up to two dozen different tunes. Mike Moody Pixabay ...