Plumage is a term that refers to the characteristics of a bird's feathers. Shown here is the normal plumage of an adult northern cardinal. The female northern cardinal is often thought of as not ...

TEXAS, USA — A cardinal caught recently in central Texas has a rare abnormality that causes it to have female feathers on one side of its body and male on the other. The Inland Bird Banding ...

This meeting was called at the initiative of the cardinal in response to some members being frustrated by his absence from a meeting scheduled for last week. “I’m not known in the Church for being a ...

PENNSYLVANIA (NEXSTAR/WGN) — A longtime birdwatcher in Pennsylvania had what he called a “once-in-a-lifetime” bird sighting — a rare cardinal that appeared to be half male and half female. “I had a ...

Editor's note: Jamie Hill was misidentified in a previous version of this story. Longtime birder Jamie Hill of Waterford knew he'd come across something rare when he saw the northern cardinal that ...

TEXAS, USA — A cardinal caught recently in central Texas has a rare abnormality that causes it to have female feathers on one side of its body and male on the other. The Inland Bird Banding ...

PENNSYLVANIA (NEXSTAR/WGN) — A longtime birdwatcher in Pennsylvania had what he called a “once-in-a-lifetime” bird sighting — a rare cardinal that appeared to be half male and half female. “I had a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PENNSYLVANIA (NEXSTAR/WGN) — A longtime ...