When Pennsylvania-based birder Jamie Hill heard that a friend of a friend had sighted a northern cardinal that was part red and part white, he thought it might be leucistic—in other words, it had lost ...

A homeowner in north Florida spotted the rare bird when it stopped for something to eat at her bird feeder, she told McClatchy News. Nick Nicholson via Unsplash When a homeowner in northern Florida ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

A birdwatching couple in northwestern Pennsylvania has documented one of nature's most rare and elusive occurrences. Jeffrey and Shirley Caldwell, two experienced birdwatchers based in Erie, lured of ...

Editor's note: The video above is from Feb. 2021, and features Andrea Tims who runs a bird sanctuary in Maine. A Pennsylvania man hopped on Facebook, ecstatic to tell everyone he knew about the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bright red cardinals are commonly part of Christmas cards, holiday decor and the general spirit of wintertime. This bird, called the Northern Cardinal, is North Carolina’s state bird (six other states ...