North Carolina transportation leaders are hoping to reopen I-40 near the Tennessee state line in January, but here's what they're working with. The state Department of Transportation released a video this week showing crews tending to I-40, which was washed away by Helene in late September. The goal is to have one lane going each direction, with speed limits reduced to 40 mph. Stay tuned to @cardinalandpine for more North Carolina news. 🎥 NC DOT via Storyful | Cardinal & Pine

20K views · 684 reactions | 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 | Facebook

Northern Cardinal, singing (Cardinalis cardinalis) Maine, Minnesota, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala. | BIRDS & Nature