This beauty was in my yard, Dec. 17, having breakfast. Is he a yellow cardinal? Cross breed? ( The blue tape and white seed bag is my very high tech anti-squirrel defense. Only thing I’ve ever done that actually keeps them off the feeder. Not pretty, but the birdseed cost dropped significantly. )
My other bird watcher, Gracie.
And of course we have lots of what I call LBBs. Little brown birds, chickadees, etc.
Soooo cooool!!! Of course, I googled & there are yellow mutants (rare!) Here’s one in Alabama that has a Facebook page.
https://m.facebook.com/TheYellowCardinal/posts/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0
Another was recently spotted on St Simon’s Island.
BTW, happy belated birthday!
xoxoxo
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Or he’s a she. No matter, I followed Allison Zapata’s “Bernadette the Brave” Facebook adventure about a female cardinal with a deformed beak. Every day she prepared food for “B” so she wouldn’t starve to death. “B” found a beau, had babies, & then, sadly, never appeared again. Allison documented the story in a children’s book. http://www.bernadettethebrave.com/
Allison is an amazing bird photographer & her captions are quite Kimmy-esque. She’s on Instagram too.
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It is a female Northern Cardinal. Here is a link to All About Birds. It is a great webste to identify your birds. Great photos! https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal#
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Thanks for the link. And I believe you’re right, it is a northern cardinal. I recently added more sunflower seeds to my mix, and I’ve got tons of new feathered friends. And Binky – just what i need – more sites to spend time on. 🙂
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