Just before Christmas, two backyard birders in Michigan were in for the ultimate surprise–a yellow Northern Cardinal. Arlene and John McDaniel spotted the incredibly rare bird in their backyard in ...

Backyard birders Arlene and John McDaniel told MLive.com that just before Christmas they noticed a yellow northern cardinal near their bird feeder at their rural Bath Township home, northeast of ...

BATH TOWNSHIP, MI – A yellow northern cardinal is a rare thing and Michigan’s got one. Michiganders Arlene and John McDaniel have been backyard birders for nearly four decades and just before ...

Scientists have identified the gene that allows birds, such as the cardinal, to make red feathers. Rare yellow cardinals with defects in the production of red coloration are sometimes seen in the ...