Cardinal, the Christmas bird, can boost your holiday spirit By Gary Clark , Correspondent Updated Dec 18, 2020 5:15 p.m. A bright red cardinal on a winter day in Texas is a boost to the holiday ...

More:Clark Hicks: Church hymns from years ago stick with me today Birds would awaken me as a child, the northern cardinal chirping incessantly and the mourning doves cooing through the morning dew ...

Bright red cardinals are commonly part of Christmas cards, holiday decor and the general spirit of wintertime. This bird, called the Northern Cardinal, is North Carolina’s state bird (six other ...

Now, Geoffrey Hill, an ornithologist at Auburn University who helped identify Alabama’s yellow cardinal, has released a 15-minute YouTube video breaking down the science behind that genetic ...