A Pennsylvania bird watcher had what he calls a once-in-a-lifetime encounter when a Northern cardinal perched in a tree appeared to be both male and female.
James R. Hill III has marveled at the feathered animals for 48 years, but on Saturday he saw a one in a million bird with bright red like a male cardinal on one side and brownish white like a female on the other.
Hill describes the rare cardinal as a bird divided right down the middle, half male and half female that stood out as pretty unusual.
Its striking appearance is the result of double fertilization, in which a female egg cell that developed with two nuclei is fertilized by two sperm.
Bailiffs remove HS2 tunnel ringleader from illegal crawlspace under Euston after entering underground chamber to take out all his belongings and food
Dr Larch Maxey announced he was leaving tunnel this morning and was seen in another video above ground
The lecturer said: I have been evicted - I ve met my match, they ve come for me and rinsed me completely
His exit this morning leaves just two of the original protesters remaining underground, Swampy and Blue
The protesters, who have been underground for more than three weeks, are trying to stop HS2 s plans to replace the green space outside Euston station in central London with a temporary taxi rank.
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