wrote in a statement. <\/a><\/p>\nThe chances of encountering a cardinal with white feathers are an astonishing 1 in 30,000. But true albino cardinals \u2014 which lack all pigmentation \u2014 are even rarer, according to the center. <\/p>\n
Raven Ridge Wildlife Center was shocked after beating the odds and admitting a second albino cardinal. <\/p>\n
\u201cNot only is it rare to see one albino cardinal, but we also admitted a second albino cardinal; we couldn\u2019t believe that now we had two!\u201d the center wrote.<\/p>\n
Albino cardinals face \u201csignificant survival challenges\u201d and are more vulnerable to predators because of their conspicuous coloring. Raven Ridge Wildlife Center\/FAcebook<\/p>\n
The second feathered friend, who was unnamed, was admitted with a severe ear infection and, despite rescuers\u2019 best efforts, died of his ailments. <\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, our team was pleasantly surprised and thrilled to have the opportunity to work with both Cardinals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Albino cardinals face \u201csignificant survival challenges\u201d and are more vulnerable to predators because of their conspicuous coloring.<\/p>\n
Male cardinals typically have bright red coloring, with a black face mask and red-orange bill, while female cardinals are a pale brown color with hints of red on their crest, wings, and tail.<\/p>\n
The special albino birds lack melanin and have distinctive white plumage and reddish eyes, which can cause poor vision.<\/p>\n
One of the cardinals, who was admitted with a severe ear infection, succumbed to its ailments. Raven Ridge Wildlife Center\/FAcebook<\/p>\n
Frosty, however, is doing well and has \u201cdeveloped quite the personality,\u201d the facility said. <\/p>\n
The unique creature will have to be kept in captivity, as its chances of survival in the wild are slim.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is starting to molt and is showing more color in different areas,\u201d Raven Ridge Wildlife Center said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis experience has been a valuable learning opportunity for our team, and we are grateful for the chance to work with this special Cardinal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pennsylvania wildlife center was stunned to welcome not one, but two extremely rare albino cardinals into its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[358803,3755,7223,2975,3234,79,194,201],"class_list":["post-848441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-albinos","tag-animal-rescue","tag-birds","tag-good-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-science","tag-us-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}