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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak in our backyard trees. © SB |
First, I saw a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the feeder in the front yard, then more males showed up at the back of the house.
Finally, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak made a quick — though all-but-hidden — touchdown on the bird feeder, too.
They may be gone now... A few days lurking, and the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are on their way further north. (Not terribly far north; the All About Birds map looks like boreal forest, to me. I wish we had more trees to keep them longer here!)
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| What a bird of contrasts! Black and white, with a rosy-red breast - Rose-breasted Grosbeak. © SB |
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| Yes, that's a pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks... The female is hiding. (This 2014 post has a better view of the female) © SB |
What are these? Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
Location: Backyard, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Photo Date: May 12, 2016.
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We had a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak show up yesterday and today here in Melfort. They tend to pass through here in the third week of May then we don't see them again. I did see one in Greenwater Park last summer.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Scott! Through some serendipity, one showed up just a few minutes ago - and then vanished. I wish we so more of these birds!
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