By:
Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Updated: Mar
20, 2019 - 12:17 PM
THEODORE,
Ala. - A rare yellow cardinal once again has been spotted by a bird
watcher, this time in Theodore, Alabama.
Karem
Maldonado has nine bird feeders scattered about her yard. Normally, Maldonado
doesn’t have time to sit and watch the birds who visit, saying she’s “one
of those persons who are always go, go, go,” AL.com reported. But for her 6-year-old
granddaughter, the go, go, going got to be too much, so she took a break,
sitting down for some quality time with the little girl.
The break
was well-rewarded when the yellow bird flew up for a snack on Feb. 28.
But it
was March 11 when she got the perfect photo of the male cardinal that she has
named Mr. Sunshine, and the photos have started going viral, according to WKRG.
When a
yellow cardinal was spotted last year, a biology professor at Auburn University
said it was very rare to see the bird with the genetic mutation.
Geoffrey
Hill, who is a cardinal expert, has never seen one in wild, calling it a one in
a million mutation, AL.com reported.
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