I was scurrying around last-minute packing for a trip and was exhausted. About to fall into bed, I went to bring my dogs in for the night, but my nearly deaf 11-year-old shepherd mix named Sandra ...

Q: I watched a beautiful male cardinal feeding an all-brown bird on the roof of my garage. Why would it feed another species? A: That’s a great observation and it indicates how different young ...

Several weeks ago, a pair of northern cardinals began building a nest in a shrub near our bay window. There nest is about eight feet from my favorite chair where I drink my morning coffee. This spring ...