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 ...

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n a recent snow-covered afternoon as I headed outdoors to fill the feeders, I heard a cardinal singing — yes, really singing his “cheer cheer” beautiful bubbling song — in the treetops over my head.

Luis Antonio Tagle, a cardinal from the Philippines mentioned as a candidate for the next pope, is facing criticism from conservative Catholic groups for singing John Lennon's "Imagine" six years ago.

Some call him the singing cardinal - a man of music, mission and humility. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is Asia's frontrunner for the papacy. He is a charismatic moderate who has connected millions ...

At the end of January, I heard a northern cardinal sing. Birdy, birdy, birdy. What cheer, cheer, cheer. A crimson-red male sat at the top of the tree and sent out his advertisement to a nearby female.