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

16K views · 1K reactions | Join sound recordist Greg Budney in our Video of the Week and learn about one of the first sounds of spring: the wonderful whistled song of the Northern Cardinal. Both male and female cardinals sing, and their songs bringing a cheerful sound to the gray days of late winter and early spring. | Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Facebook

The Queen of the Boardwalk, a Northern Cardinal, hops up to dine on sunflower seeds. What sounds like dogs barking and a man singing opera are calls from Red-winged Blackbirds. Video switches to real time around 40 seconds. | Jocelyn Anderson Photography