Just before Christmas, two backyard birders in Michigan were in for the ultimate surprise–a yellow Northern Cardinal. Arlene ...

Ornithologist Geoffrey Hill, who is a professor at Auburn University in Alabama, would advise those in Michigan to let the ...

BATH TOWNSHIP, MI – A yellow northern cardinal is a rare thing ... He said they are rare, but not unheard of. “It goes to show that even birds that we consider ordinary can in fact be ...

LOUIS – A rare, once-in-a-lifetime sighting of a yellow cardinal was spotted ... their food have changed the color of their complexion to red. According to the Bird Note Organization, some ...

Arlene McDaniel of Bath, Mich., was surprised to see a cardinal on her property that did not look like the others. The bird gets its yellow colour from a rare genetic mutation. Photos by Linda Vail.

A Northern Cardinal ... over many other birds and that is they don't lose their vibrant color in the colder months. They remain red all year. You may get lucky enough to see a rare red or albino ...

Sometimes these pigments are either not expressed or are overexpressed, which results in some rare changes in the color ... see in birds plumage, including those of the Northern Cardinal ...