I doubt this is a mutation. Cardinals get their red color from their food, and maybe this bird just didn't get the right stuff.
Ruth
Rockville Centre, NY
Feb 6, 2011 01:03:43 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi, even though this bird was not found in NYS, I thought it was unusual enough to be of interest to everyone. Photos of cardinal with a rare yellow color mutation (reminds me of a yellow tomato) taken last month in Kentucky, and a link to a scientific paper on a similar, collected bird at the bottom of the page.Cindy WodinskyCedarhurst, NY
