my first rose-breasted grosbeak!

They might be common for some of you, but I've never even seen one until today. I came home this afternoon to three pair of them on my feeders, dashed inside to thumb through the field guide for some help, and then looked on the cover. Yep, cover shot was a rose-breasted grosbeak... duh...
anyway, comments welcome, thanks for looking and all that noise.
Bob

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Again, I'm really surprised! i thought this bird (being colorful and rare around here) would draw some comments...

I'll never figure this forum out...

This is a beauty. I missed it. Not sure whats going on with the forum other than it's very fast these days.

Beautiful shots. Well done.

Nice shots, what a beauty. Well captured.

Yes nice shot. I haven't seen one around here yet!

morehtml wrote in post #3098079
Yes nice shot. I haven't seen one around here yet!

Allen, I was out trying to get better horned owl shots and when I got back there were at least ten rose-breasted grosbeaks at work on my feeders in the backyard.
Until today I had never seen one, and now there are more of them back there than anything else.

wow, gorgeous little bird. nice shots!

Yes, very pretty birds and very nice shots! That first one definitely saw you so they must not be real skittish.
Karen

Good job with Rosey V.I. We look forward to there return every year.

You did well between the black and the white...hard bird to get the exposure right and you did good! They really are a pretty bird!
Karen

I never seen one before either until now. It's a real pretty bird.

Great shots. They do summer up here, hope to see on myself.

Beautiful birds and they have a nice song too.

Sgt. wrote in post #3100318
Beautiful birds and they have a nice song too.

I wouldn't know about their song. All I could hear were the usual suspects who were making so much noise because these interlopers were hogging their feeders!
I hope these grosbeaks hang around for a few days... I'm working the next two days and won't be here to take pictures during the day. I hate it when work interferes with my life, don't you?