Mr. Yellow, a cardinal with a rare genetic mutation spotted in central Alabama in 2018 and 2019, sits watch over two baby birds that are possibly his offspring. Jeremy Black Photography ...

Mr. Yellow, a cardinal with a rare genetic mutation spotted in central Alabama in 2018 and 2019, sits watch over two baby birds that are possibly his offspring. Jeremy Black Photography ...

In plain language: Half its body is male and the other half is female. “This remarkable bird is a genuine male/female chimera,” says Daniel Hooper, ... This yellow cardinal is one-in-a-million.) ...

A yellow cardinal, named Mr. Yellow, became an internet sensation when he was photographer feeding chicks in a nest. Observers saw Mr. Yellow with a female for several months, then soon found the ...

As it turns out, a one-in-a-million yellow cardinal had decided to make himself at home at the Currys’ bird feeders in rural Rushville, a quiet farm community 200 miles southwest of Chicago.

Rare yellow cardinal spotted in Alabama. Watch on . In late January, ... Studies have shown that for birds, redder is better: Female birds strongly prefer the brightest red mates.

Story transcript. In 25 years of watching the birds who stop by to snack on her backyard feeders, Shirley Caldwell of Erie, Penn., says she's never seen anything like this two-coloured cardinal.

TEXAS, USA — A cardinal caught recently in central Texas has a rare abnormality that causes it to have female feathers on one side of its body and male on the other. The Inland Bird Banding ...

While there are an estimated 15 million red cardinals across the eastern U.S., making it one of the most common birds in the wild, there are just 10 to 15 yellow cardinals flying around the region.

White, red, or yellow, there's always a chance in the genetic lottery for rare birds that break the cardinal rules of color. "Maybe that yellow bird in Alabama will be able to find a mate and ...

Everybody knows about the bird. Don't you know about the bird? The bright yellow cardinal in Alabama has attracted national attention and a large ornithological following online. "From what I hear ...