{"id":1442,"date":"2016-01-16T14:37:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2016-01-16T14:37:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T20:37:01","slug":"partially-leucistic-female-northern-cardinal-joins-flock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1442","title":{"rendered":"Partially Leucistic Female Cardinal Joins Flock"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>She&#8217;s Still Here!<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to say that this pale beauty appears to have made Little Piney her home. \u00a0The partially leucistic female Northern Cardinal seems comfortable vying for feeder space with the Chipping Sparrows and her own kind today in the front yard oak. \u00a0She first appeared at Little Piney last week, and it took a few days of research to understand her coloration. \u00a0For more information about this bird, a female with non-phaeomelanic coloration see my last post <a href=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/leucistic-northern-cardinal-winter-birds-little-piney\/\">Leucistic Northern Cardinal and More Winter Birds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 945px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?attachment_id=1443\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0824.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2852,1909\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452938866&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Partially Leucistic Northern Cardinal\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;from&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Partially Leucitic Female Northern Cardinal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0824-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1443 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0824-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Partially Leucistic Female Cardinal\" width=\"945\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0824-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0824-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0824-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0824-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partially Leucistic Female Northern Cardinal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still holding on to orange leaves, this oak provides a pretty background for Cardinals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1447\" style=\"width: 945px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?attachment_id=1447\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0841.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3872,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452938983&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Male Northern Cardinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Male Northern Cardinal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0841-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1447\" src=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0841-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Male Northern Cardinal in Oak tree\" width=\"945\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0841-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0841-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0841-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0841-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Male Northern Cardinal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s Still Here! I&#8217;m happy to say that this pale beauty appears to have made Little Piney her home. \u00a0The partially leucistic female Northern Cardinal seems comfortable vying for feeder space with the Chipping Sparrows and her own kind today in the front yard oak. \u00a0She first appeared at Little Piney last week, and it<span class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[32,30,37,218,206,239,248,246,247,240,238,244,249],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bastrop-lost-pines-birds","tag-bastrop-tx-lost-pines","tag-bastrop-wildlife","tag-birding-bastrop-tx","tag-birds-of-bastrop-tx","tag-birds-of-texas","tag-female-non-phaeomelanic-northern-cardinal","tag-leucistic-birds","tag-leucistic-cardinal","tag-leucistic-female-cardinal","tag-leucistic-northern-cardinal","tag-leucistic-northern-cardinal-bastrop-tx","tag-leuscitic-northern-cardinal","tag-northern-cardinal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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