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

Last spring: A quiet trail, a chilly spring morning, and suddenly a bright red singer broke the silence. I followed the sound, and there he was - belting out a song like the whole forest was his stage. Definitely one of the most iconic voices of North America, right in the wild. #northerncardinal #birdsongs #birds #wildlifephotography #natureisamazing | thewildlifecompanion