Knowing what type of shelter, food, and environment cardinals prefer could entice your red feathered friends to move in. Offering dense, varied foliage with nesting materials is a good start.

For the most part, cardinals will not ever be aggressive toward you, though they can become territorial and attack if you get too close to a nest. Their ideal nesting location is in shrubs or tall ...

I was reminded of this the other day while filming a family of American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) that is nesting on my property. While going for a walk I noticed a female Northern Cardinal ...