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To: Brumar89 who wrote (2927)	1/9/2025 11:22:39 AM
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A rare yellow cardinal draws eyes to St. Louis bird-watching By Emily Woodbury Published Jan. 8, 2025 at 10:29 a.m. CST Taka Yanagimoto A yellow northern cardinal — likely born with a genetic mutation that impacts only one in a million birds, according to the National Audubon Society. The day after Christmas, Taka Yanagimoto, the St. Louis Cardinals’ director of photography, came upon a cardinal of a different sort in his backyard: a male specimen with a rare mutation that makes its feathers yellow instead of red. Taka Yanagimoto A yellow northern cardinal sits by a bird feeder alongside a red cardinal and two blue jays. “I opened up the sliding door in our sunroom, and I sat there. He was probably 10 feet away, and he came closer, tilted his head and looked at me somewhat curiously,” he said. Yanagimoto has captured photos of the bird — whom he’s nicknamed “Ray” — every day since. “It's not a rare species, but it is a rare condition called xanthism,” said St. Louis Audubon Society board member Bill Rowe. “It's due to a [genetic] mutation. I've [also] seen cardinals like this that were partly white and partly red that look like peppermint candy.” A rare yellow cardinal draws eyes to St. Louis bird-watching \| STLPR

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