Hoping to see flashes of red feathers in your backyard? Cardinals are one of several fiery red birds you might be seeing ...

And every nest requires protection ... Most sparrows eat seeds. So do finches. So do cardinals. So do chickadees and titmice. But they don't feed their babies seed. They feed their babies bugs ...

This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest ... of a cardinal attacking its reflection in a window, car mirror or shiny bumper. Both males and females do this, and ...