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Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:31 AM
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wfhunter
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I have seen this cardinal at my bird feeder several times in the last few weeks. This is the best photo I have been able to get to-date. It's head is white with a red top notch. Hope to get a better photo. After researching the Internet. It describes this as a rare bilateral gynandromorph condition which means the bird is half female and half male resulting in the color phase. Has anyone else seen one like this? cardinal white head by wfhunter, on Flickr
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:36 AM
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texasspazzman
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Yep! Had one just like that in our back yard about a year ago. We just thought it was a young male, but it looked exactly like that. Haven't really looked for it, but will start watching to see if he/she is still around.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:38 AM
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That is a weird looking bird.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:40 AM
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That is a weird looking bird. I have never seen one like it.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:41 AM
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yeti2009
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Had a pink one a couple of years ago. I think he went both ways too.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:21 PM
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:27 PM
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Awesome. Have never seen one
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 03:29 PM
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So hermaphrodites are not just on the TFF....cool.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 04:28 PM
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I have seen one like that before. I thought it was just a female cardinal.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 04:38 PM
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That bird is called a Pyrrhuloxia, looks like a cardinal but slightly different plumage.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 04:57 PM
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 04:59 PM
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 05:26 PM
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wfhunter
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 05:33 PM
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wfhunter
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That bird is called a Pyrrhuloxia, looks like a cardinal but slightly different plumage. I don't think this is what it is. Close!
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 05:36 PM
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wfhunter
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So hermaphrodites are not just on the TFF....cool. Or the THF! LOL! ![bolt bolt](/forum/images/graemlins/default/bolt.gif) I don't know what it is, but fun seeing a strange bird at the feeder.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 06:25 PM
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I've seen a couple of those when I was a teenager in San Antonio.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 06:31 PM
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That bird is called a Pyrrhuloxia, looks like a cardinal but slightly different plumage. Bill would be yellow instead of reddish orange.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 06:32 PM
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Neat pic ![cheers cheers](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cheers.gif)
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 06:36 PM
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http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/2012/02/leucistic-northern-cardinal.htmlthis one looks a lot like it too. Supposedly its reduced pigmentation. Leucism is essentially a reduced pigmentation as normal colors still occur over much of the feathers. It is not the same condition as albinism, a mutation that prevents melanin from being produced at all. You'll notice I said this bird was pied, a term for birds with patches of white. Others are called pale as their entire body has a reduction in pigmentation, though in the same manner or to the same degree as an albinistic bird. Leucism is rare in birds, and albinism is exceptionally rare. If you feed your backyard birds for many years you stand a good chance of seeing a leucistic bird at some point.
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 06:42 PM
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That was fascinating! Thanks for all the references folks. ![up up](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cup.gif)
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 07:33 PM
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wfhunter
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http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/2012/02/leucistic-northern-cardinal.htmlthis one looks a lot like it too. Supposedly its reduced pigmentation. Leucism is essentially a reduced pigmentation as normal colors still occur over much of the feathers. It is not the same condition as albinism, a mutation that prevents melanin from being produced at all. You'll notice I said this bird was pied, a term for birds with patches of white. Others are called pale as their entire body has a reduction in pigmentation, though in the same manner or to the same degree as an albinistic bird. Leucism is rare in birds, and albinism is exceptionally rare. If you feed your backyard birds for many years you stand a good chance of seeing a leucistic bird at some point. Looks like you solved the mystery to me! ![up up](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cup.gif) Hopefully I can get a better photo. If I do I will post. Thanks
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 07:34 PM
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Have a bunch of those that come into the feeder at one of my spots in Archer County. At least 4-5 come in every afternoon.
Always thought it was a female Cardinal as well... Cool thread!
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/13/15 10:36 PM
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Maybe he just got old, like a lot of us, & turned white headed!
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/14/15 04:34 AM
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Re: Rare Cardinal at Bird Feeder
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01/14/15 06:46 AM
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I think it has some leucism in it. Shoot a lot of redhead hens with all blotchy white heads like that, very cool
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