I do apologize for the quality of this picture. I was in the house, and the bird was near a tangle of vines in the yard.
I quickly took four pictures, because I haven’t seen a blue grosbeak in years. The red on its side is the red patch on its upper wing.
Grosbeaks have a bigger-proportioned beak to use for cracking seeds open.
And here was one … in my yard … posing for the pictures.
Posted by susanpoozan on May 12, 2017 at 10:44 am
WOW, what an occasion.
Posted by naturesnippets on May 12, 2017 at 2:05 pm
It was a surprise
Posted by centralohionature on May 12, 2017 at 11:37 am
Very cool!
Posted by naturesnippets on May 12, 2017 at 2:06 pm
It was a first.