Bird I.D. help?

[HJMinard]

http://www.pbase.com/hjminard/image/43228465.jpg

[Wayne Wood]

I'm sure it's a female rose breasted grossbeak ,,, great shot

[Wayne Wood]

I'm sure it's a female rose breasted grossbeak ,,, great shot

Or a female blackheaded grossbeak there so close

[tupe]

Another knockout capture, Jay. How do you do it?

[cfcRebel]

Beautiful bird indeed! Nice capture Jay.

[tupe]

I'm sure it's a female rose breasted grossbeak ,,, great shot
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Or a female blackheaded grossbeak there so close According to this reference, I'd say this is the rose-breasted variety:

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/grbkid.htm

[HJMinard]

Yep ... definitely a female rose-breasted grosbeak ... thanks liv2trip! Hopefully I'll get an opportunity to "capture" a male. The female was back at my feeder bright and early this morning.

Another knockout capture, Jay. How do you do it?

Thanks, tupe! Patience ... setup (feeder about 5 yards beyond back window - with natural branches attached) ... more patience ... and luck.

[HJMinard]

Beautiful bird indeed! Nice capture Jay.

Thanks, cfcRebel!

[Titus213]

I don't care what kind of bird it is, your work is amazing. Thanks.

About the only suggestion I would have is to convince her to get her hubby to sit there along side her for you....

[HJMinard]

I don't care what kind of bird it is, your work is amazing. Thanks.

About the only suggestion I would have is to convince her to get her hubby to sit there along side her for you....

Thanks, Titus ... you're too kind!

I'm still watching for a male ... I've had a pair of females hanging around (not that there's anything wrong with that :) )

[BlueTit]

Great photo, patience rewarded. :-)

[MegaTrixel]

Wow! Incredible shot.

Nice job with the background too!