20K views · 684 reactions | In our Video of the Week, sound recordist Greg Budney talks about the brilliant song of the Northern Cardinal. Both male and female cardinals sing, and they are some of the first birds to start singing in the year, bringing a blaze of color and sound to the gray days of late winter and early spring. | Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Facebook

A female Northern Cardinal, two male Red-winged Blackbirds, and a female Red-winged Blackbird visit the Hand of Snacks. A male Northern Cardinal looked interested but preferred to pick up any fallen food. | Jocelyn Anderson Photography

A female Northern Cardinal flies over to check out the selection. She decides on a pistachio. | Jocelyn Anderson Photography