A fun and interesting book on the Northern Cardinal, one of the most recognizable visitors to back yard feeders. Learn more about how they find food, how they communicate, find a mate and builds a nest. Brilliant full-color images by top nature photographers and text by a leading ornithologist present a detailed picture of the cardinal's natural history. Foraging, fledging, feather patterns, molting, the mechanics of flight and more are covered in word and image, as are a host of hard-to-observe activities. The result offers a fascinating insight into the complexity of the cardinal's existence as well as an appreciation of the wonder of the natural world About the Author: Gary Ritchison is a professor at Eastern Kentucky University. He has been published in numerous ornithological journals and is the author of Northern Cardinal. He lives in Richmond, Kentucky.