Summer Tanager. Summer tanagers are all red birds, without the black wings and tail of the scarlet tanager, and no black eye mask like cardinals. Look for them in southern states. They are not as ...

This bird spotted in southern Indiana last week is extremely rare. ... The cardinal pictured above — spotted at a feeder in Charlestown, Ind. — is the spitting image of leucism.

Cardinals are birds of the finch species, which means they are romantic yet fierce leaders. A cardinal shows its love for its mate by singing songs that are very beautiful and charming to the ear.

Once upon a time, the northern cardinal was mainly a southern bird. In the 1880s, people rarely spotted them north of the Ohio River. Obviously, this is no longer the case.

Birds that come from the north get a lot of attention, and there are southern birds that show up here, too. It's likely that the motives of these species are different.

The cardinal became the state bird in Ohio and Indiana in the same year — 1933. Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia followed suit in 1942, 1943, 1949 and 1950, respectively.

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s official state bird is the northern cardinal, according to IN.gov. The Hoosier State isn’t, however, the only state that claims ownership of the red-feathered bird.