‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ cardinal photographed by St. Louis Cardinals photographer

ST. LOUIS – Taka Yanagimoto is used to taking pictures of athletes bearing the name “Cardinals,” but a recent avian visitor made his title much more literal. The St. Louis Cardinals Director of Photography & Digital Assets was lucky enough to snap photos of an extremely rare Northern Cardinal in his backyard. What made the bird rare was instead of the usual Cardinal red coat, it was bright yellow.

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