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Unusual Female Cardinal
Blane Muzio sent me this photo of a female Northern Cardinal with what would appear to be one wild eye ring. The other eye is that way as well.
Blane writes: "I have a female cardinal with a white circular area around the eyes who frequents my sunflower feeder. Is it old age or what?"
It sure is an eye opener. Does anyone have an explanation?
(Thanks, Blane!)
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I have had a couple of them over the years that we called bleach cardinal, from what I could find online Northern Cardinals can have partial albino-ism.
Very neat looking.
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I have had a couple of them over the years that we called bleach cardinal, from what I could find online Northern Cardinals can have partial albino-ism.
Very neat looking.