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Tracy Workman
Port St. Lucie, FL, USA
Sunny the Yellow Cardinal has been a regular visitor to my feeder since I first photographed him in mid October 2019.
Category 6: Splash of Sunshine
Sunny the Yellow Cardinal visits my feeder in Port St. Lucie, FL
Sunny brings a brightness to our days.
love that unique yellow bird!
Truly unique color for a Cardinal! Great Photo!
I grew up in Springfield, Virginia in the 1970s in a housing developemnt called Cardinal Square. My mother said it was the name Cardinal Square that convinced her to buy a house there, as the cardinal was her favorite bird. She often told us of the yellow cardinal she saw once as a child growing up in Augusta, Georgia in the 1930s and 40s. We didn’t believe such a thing existed, until one day she called us to the backyard to behold a yellow cardinal resting in my dad’s red rose bushes. I wish I had a photo to share, but all I have is the story.
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