20K views · 682 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

Beaks are remarkable tools used for eating, defense, feeding young, gathering nesting materials, building nests, preening, scratching, and courting. Watch as our new ambassador, Jerri, skillfully works her food using only her beak-no hands needed! Cardinal tongues play an important role in how these birds eat. After their strong beak cracks open a seed, the tongue acts like a lever—separating the seed from the shell and pushing it toward the back of the throat to be swallowed. Because birds lack

Red crested cardinal feeding its two chicks #birds #bird #birdsounds | Tropical Aviary Birds - Torben Dehlholm