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As reported by Meterologist Ed Piotrowski, from WPDE tv weather, Myrtle Beach, SC, and shared on Facebook by a local friend:
“Your eyes are not deceiving you. That is an extremely rare yellow cardinal seen in Port St. Lucie, FL. Tracy Workman stepped out of her home, saw the bird at one of her feeders, and captured this amazing photo. Auburn University biology professor Geoffrey Hill says the cardinal is 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. Hill calls it a ‘one in a million mutation’ and estimates that in any given year there are two or three yellow cardinals at backyard feeding stations somewhere in the U.S. or Canada.”
How stunning!!!!! I love cardinals and how interesting to see this yellow one. I do not have bird feeders in my yard (I have bears) but I do have 2 birdbaths. Love seeing the birds come.
Bird feeders do draw in wildlife besides birds. I had lots of feeders in Maine and so enjoyed them, but I got flying squirrels in my house!!! Here, a neighbor has forbidden pigeons in a coop in his back yard, and now we have a local rat called “roof rats” that get into attics. These roof rats are new to me. Twice I’ve had one of them run in front of me in broad open daylight, which means they have overbred and are hungry. The HOA has been useless with regard to getting rid of the pigeons, which are classified as poultry here.
We have a neighbor that feeds the egrets every day at 4pm. At least 50 of them gather to be fed and it is quite the nuisance.
Oh dear. It’s always interesting to me to see where one person’s rights trample on another person’s rights. And where practicing something that is meant to be kind has unintended consequences. Life is often…messy.
Thank you for passing that on!! We have lots of red cardinals here in NW Arkansas. Would love for a yellow on to visit!!! I’m a quilter and love reading your blog!🧡
Annie in NW Arkansas
Thanks for you comment Annie and thanks for reading my blog. My dad was from Oklahoma City and loved taking us to the Kiamichi mountains in Arkansas when we were stationed in Omaha, Nebraska. (Yes, a long car trip.) I have some wonderful childhood memories of those days. Quilt on, yes!