Yellow Cardinal birds…Really!!,

[jim_slim]

I never knew they existed. I hope one day I see one on my feeders.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I never knew they existed. I hope one day I see one on my feeders.

That is rare but so beautiful or maybe I should have said that is beautiful but so rare. I played the video a few times
Thanks for finding this.

 

[CallMeKate]

Oh wow, I would love to see one of these! I just looked up where they can be found, and my state is listed! I was surprised to find that it's not a separate species, but a mutation.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Interesting!

I would have assumed it was a female cardinal and not realized the difference.

 

[QuietByNature]

Yep, rare pigment mutation but they are out there

 

[Flarbalard]

Thanks for posting that.

 

[jimintoronto]

Another rare bird......The Painted Bunting. link. Google Search

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[jujube]

Those rarities are like the white squirrels. Brevard, NC, has them as their "signature critters" and has a white squirrel festival every year. I've not had the luck to see one in the wild, though.

 

[jim_slim]

Painted buntings are very colorful and beautiful….I've seen a few in my life time. The most beautiful sound bird IMO are Wood Thrush.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Another rare bird......The Painted Bunting. link. Google Search

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The painted bunting is one of the most rapidly declining songbirds in the eastern United States. Florida breeding and winter season surveys show an astounding 4-6 percent annual decrease in this species' numbers. In some areas, counts have fallen from the hundreds to a mere handful.

 

[IrishEyes]

I would love to see one of those Cardinals too, just once at least!

 

[jimintoronto]

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The painted bunting is one of the most rapidly declining songbirds in the eastern United States. Florida breeding and winter season surveys show an astounding 4-6 percent annual decrease in this species' numbers. In some areas, counts have fallen from the hundreds to a mere handful.

The Snow Bunting spends the summer in the Canadian Arctic, the winter in the south. LINK> Snow Bunting Photos and Videos for, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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[jimintoronto]

Those rarities are like the white squirrels. Brevard, NC, has them as their "signature critters" and has a white squirrel festival every year. I've not had the luck to see one in the wild, though.

Here in Canada we have the occasional "White Moose " . They are rarely seen. For our European members....A mature male Moose is bigger than a Clydesdale shire horse, and their antlers can grow to be 2 meters across, and weigh over 40 kilos.

Moose are vegetarians, who browse on plants, tree branches, and grasses. They like to be close to water bodies, either lakes or ponds, and in the heat of summer, they spend hours in water up to their neck, to get relief from deer flies, and mosquitoes. During the winter they spend less time moving around their range, to conserve energy.

Moose/Automobile collisions in Canada can be serious in terms of human injuries. About 80 percent of Moose who are hit by a vehicle die at the scene, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police annual report. JIMB>