Though some bird watchers as sad to see their favorite birds fly south for the winter, most American backyards still teem with bird life throughout the winter season, despite the cold weather, ice, snow, sleet, and general lack of fruit, flowers, and vegetation.
Whether they're visiting your backyard birdfeeders or scouring the ground for dropped seeds and insects, cardinals often offer a bright flash of mahogany brown, earthy tan, or bold red against the dreary winter landscape.
Other hardy, cold-tolerant bird species in North America include crows, finches, robins, chickadees, hawks, woodpeckers, pigeons, mourning doves, snow buntings, nuthatches, warblers, and wild turkeys.
