Rare yellow cardinal spotted in Alabama (birds, wild)
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Serious question: I wonder how the local goldfinches will react to this bird (especially during goldfinch breeding season, when the males color up)? It would be ironic if female cardinals want onthing to do with him, while female goldfinches find him attractive.
Serious question: I wonder how the local goldfinches will react to this bird (especially during goldfinch breeding season, when the males color up)? It would be ironic if female cardinals want onthing to do with him, while female goldfinches find him attractive.
Then would their offspring be cardifinches or finchcards?
I'm wondering if this is a female with a genetic mutation. If so, she might attract quite a few males during breeding season.
From the article in the OP's link.
Quote:
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.
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