Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Others

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american goldfinch, norther cardinal, photography, postaday, rose-breasted grosbeak

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is now a regular at our bird feeder where he takes his time munching on sunflower seeds until he has his fill, or until Blue Jays come and chase him away. Today I used my camera with a tripod to get some better photos of him.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak:”So you really wanted to take my picture, huh?”

What about the American Goldfinch who started all these photo shoots? Here he is.

American Goldfinch.

He was joined today by a pair of Cardinals who waited patiently for the Blue Jays to finish their meals.

Male Northern Cardinal.

Female Northern Cardinal.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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photography, postaday, rose-breasted grosbeak

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is definitely one of the most colorful and handsome birds of North America. A male landed near our bird feeder two years ago, and I took a couple of photos which turned out amazingly good, probably due to a happy confluence of lighting and luck (see https://neihtn.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/rose-breasted-grosbeak-and-hummingbird/). However, since then it has not come back, even though I have been looking out for it in our backyard every now and then.

Early yesterday I saw some Goldfinch in their best breeding yellow color. As I set up the camera to take their pictures, I saw a Rose-breasted Grosbeak by the bird feeder. It waited for a Blue Jay to leave the scene, then spent a leisurely 15 minutes eating the sunflower seeds and did not flee when I opened the patio door for a better look.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak arriving at feeder.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Birds, Flowers, etc.

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blue jay, common grackle, cosmos, moth, photography, postaday, red-bellied woodpecker, rose-breasted grosbeak, Sa Pa

Like others on WordPress, I have been going through photos taken in 2016 to see whether some of them could be displayed here. Several are shown below, and others will probably follow in the last three days of this year. As you can tell, there is no rhyme or reason to the order of these images.

Cosmos.

Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Blue Jay trying to scare away other birds.

Sa Pa hill in the clouds.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Goldfinch.

Moth on Black-eyed Susan.

Common Grackle.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Hummingbird

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photography, postaday, rose-breasted grosbeak, Ruby-throated Hummingbird

This week, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a bird I had never seen before, made its appearance in our backyard. It was late in the evening, sunlight was fading, and this beautiful bird landed on the bird feeder then sauntered about, asking to be photographed.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Earlier, our familiar Ruby-throated Hummingbird was back, persistently visiting the nectar feeder.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird.