Cardinal Redbird
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Cardinal Redbird
@CardiRedBird
I enjoy birdwatching 🐦 Food 🍢🍔 Travel 🚅 I love Jesus 🙏 and the USA! 🗽🐟❤⏳
Southeastern USA เข้าร่วม Mayıs 2010
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@rabbriansamuel God's perfect lamb and God's perfect timing. 🙏
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@MilosParrots Regular people will soon be priced out, especially if energy prices continue to rise. Creating images uses lots of data.
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@Gangbusta187 @WilliamShatner Ha! 🤣 This would make a great Star Trek episode 'The Captains Clones.'
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@rabbriansamuel Amen 🙏 He came unto his own, and many of his own received him; both past, present and future.
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@JocAPhotography I love the way the birdies look at you before they take their treat! 😍
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@tree6500 @WilliamShatner That wouldn't surprise me at all.
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@CardiRedBird @WilliamShatner I really suspect there are over 100,000 Elon Impersonators.
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@mflixx1 It's funny how we hear different words in bird calls. There was a site that had the bird's photo, a brief description and a recording of it's call. I think it may have been Cornell, but I'm not sure if we can still find it or if it's still free.
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@CardiRedBird I thought my son made it up, so I tested it out in a conversation about birds and I casually mentioned the cheeseburger bird, and the guy said with no hesitation "oh yeah! the cheeseburger bird! that's what we call them too"😂. I think it's a type of finch but not exactly sure
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This yellow Cardinal is a one-in-10-million genetic anomaly.
Arlene and John McDaniel were recently treated to an extraordinary sight at their backyard bird feeder in Michigan: a brilliant yellow northern cardinal.
While northern cardinals are famous for their vivid red plumage, this striking golden variant is incredibly rare. According to ornithologist Geoffrey Hill of Auburn University, the odds of encountering a yellow cardinal are roughly one in 10 million. With an estimated population of about 50 million northern cardinals across North America, experts believe only around five such birds exist at any given time — making this sighting a once-in-a-lifetime event.
The bird’s unusual color results from a rare “knockout mutation” that interrupts the normal pigmentation process. Normally, cardinals convert dietary pigments into red feathers through a two-step enzymatic reaction. In this case, the genetic mutation blocks that process, causing the feathers to remain a bright, vibrant yellow instead.
First scientifically documented in 1989, these rare yellow cardinals offer valuable insights into avian genetics and the intricate DNA mechanisms that shape the natural world. What began as a surprise visitor at a backyard feeder has become a beautiful reminder of nature’s occasional and stunning genetic surprises.
[Hill, G. Genetic Components and Rare Pigmentation in the Northern Cardinal. Auburn University Department of Biological Sciences]

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