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 ...

It's the season for those weird baldheaded cardinals again. From a distance, without a close look through binoculars, you might think you're seeing a red bird with a black head — possibly some vagrant ...

Lillian DeDomenic of Monroeville was snapping photos of birds in her backyard when one in particular caught her eye. At first, she wasn’t sure what it was. It had red body plumage, but its head was a ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: A crow that calls me to feed it leftover taco chips with sounds something like “coddle-coddle-coddle…whoooo-OOP; ...

Readers have been asking about birds in their backyards with ratty-looking body feathers or without any head feathers at all. They have particular concern about "bald" Northern cardinals, birds whose ...

Every summer I get a few letters and emails from readers asking about “bald” birds. Usually it’s a cardinal or a blue jay, but I’ve seen photos of bald towhees, chipping sparrows, and grackles as well ...

Q: First: In your last week's column, you answered a question about a bird which sounded as if it were crying. My thought: Could it be a catbird? I am always entertained by their nonsensical mimicking ...

Flying Colors is a sponsored column on the hobby of backyard bird feeding written by Michael Zuiker, owner of the Wild Birds Unlimited store at the Lee Harrison Shopping Center. Visit the store at ...