Last month a gynandromorph (half-male/half-female) Northern Cardinal spotted at a feeder in northwestern Illinois made the news. Today’s Columbia Daily Tribune has a report of a white-headed female Cardinal feeding at an Ohio back yard feeder for several years running. I’ve never seen anything like this, either, but apparently this type of coloration is not so uncommon. The below image is from a photographer in Virginia.
And this feeder visitor is a Flickr find.
White Cardinal (4) by Lee Coursey, Creative Commons on Flickr
Have you ever seen a white Cardinal or another bird with unusual coloration?
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