It's always a delight when cardinals pass by our homes. To encourage these feathered friends to nest in your yard, follow these helpful tips.

Cardinals and bluebirds, robins and ruby-throated hummingbirds, house wrens and phoebes turn right around and build a second nest and raise a second brood each summer.

This can make Northern cardinal nests an easy target. The female brown-headed cowbird doesn’t build her own nest. She layers her eggs in the nests of other birds, like cardinals.