One of the most common birds we get at the bird feeder are evening grosbeaks.
They're showy, quarrelsome birds. The males are very handsome in a "tuxedo" sort of way.
They show up by the dozens.
But once in a while we get a variation on the grosbeak theme, and welcome a black-headed grosbeak. They're rare visitors. One showed up the other day when it was gray and rainy, and I grabbed a few pix.
Interestingly, except for the thick finch beak, I find black-headed grosbeaks very similar in pattern and coloration to an east-coast bird, the Baltimore oriel. Go figure.
(Here's a Baltimore oriel.)
At any rate, I enjoyed this little guy until he decided to flutter off to parts unknown.
They are some handsome birds!
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ReplyDeleteHey, I grew up in "Balmer" and that's an Oriole, not a bay window. :-)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the nature and birds that come into my garden too. I've tried to create a friendly environment for birds and they are just fascinating to watch.
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