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'One in a Million' Yellow Cardinal Spotted in Alabama
al.com ^
| Feb 22, 2018
Posted on 02/27/2018 11:36:35 AM PST by nickcarraway
By Dennis Pillion dpillion@al.com An extremely rare cardinal has birders and biologists flocking to Shelby County, Alabama this week, as images of a yellow cardinal have circulated around social media.
Auburn University biology professor Geoffrey Hill said the cardinal in the photos is an adult male in the same species as the common red cardinal, but carries a genetic mutation that causes what would normally be brilliant red feathers to be bright yellow instead.
Alabaster resident Charlie Stephenson first noticed the unusual bird at her backyard feeder in late January and posted about it on Facebook. She said she's been birding for decades but it took her some time to figure out what she was seeing.
"I thought 'well there's a bird I've never seen before'," Stephenson said. "Then I realized it was a cardinal, and it was a yellow cardinal."
TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alabama; birds
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:37:12 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette)
To: rlmorel
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:37:47 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say)
To: nickcarraway
Wonder if the lady redbirds will like him?
To: nickcarraway
Oh no, transcolored birds now!
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:40:07 AM PST
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(Q is Barron Trump, time-traveling back from the future, to help his dad fight the deep state.)
To: nickcarraway
I wonder if they taste any different. :-)
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:41:30 AM PST
by
beef
To: nickcarraway
A yellow bird
With a yellow bill
Landed on
My window sill
A yellow bird
With a yellow bill
He landed on my....window sill.
...................
The moral of
This story be
If you are yellow
Dont mess with me
The moral of
This story be
If you are yellow dont.....mess with me
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:42:35 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:43:01 AM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: nickcarraway
I think that, far from being rare, they may be a majority in Rome.
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:43:12 AM PST
by
Hieronymus
(It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
To: nickcarraway
Rammer Jammer Yellow....Cardinal?????
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:43:19 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
Remarkable bird, the Alabama Yellow, idn’it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:43:44 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:45:26 AM PST
by
KansasGirl
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." Thomas Paine)
To: beef
Its a sign of the apocalypse!
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:55:26 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: dfwgator
St. Louis...Tweety...Birds????
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:56:25 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
To: nickcarraway
I’m sure there’s a Pope joke in there somewhere, but I’ll exercise the better part of valor. ;-)
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:56:33 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: nickcarraway
At least he's not a yellow-bellied sap sucker:
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:56:47 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Demographics destroys cultures more completely than thermonuclear war.)
To: commish
Pining for the bayous....
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posted on
02/27/2018 11:59:00 AM PST
by
gundog
(Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
To: nickcarraway
This is in the South. I am sure it’s just Pine Tree Pollen making it Yellow, along with everything else around here.
Or, it’s a portent of the coming of Hastur, the King in Yellow.
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posted on
02/27/2018 12:01:20 PM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: nickcarraway
BTTT - so I can find it for hubby who loves birds.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/27/2018 12:14:43 PM PST
by
FReepaholic
(Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
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