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  • Red Breasted Grosbeak

    May
    7
    2006

    New to our yard, this is a Red Breasted Grosbeak (identified through BDI). They’re a part of the cardinal family, have really awesome markings – and are highly skittish! I hope he returns and gets more comfortable so I can watch him feed and get some better images of him. What a neat bird !

    Of course, I have more pics of our “regulars” to share. The Red Bellied Woodpecker spent a lot of time here yesterday and I got to hear him chat with a Grackle about who should be eating on our feeder. The Grackle won (grrr) and the Woodpecker told him off from a safe distance. He sounds a bit like you’d imagine a Whippoorwill sounds when he’s chatty. A couple more images of him, and of course another House Finch , because they rock my eyeballs!

    {5 Comments}

    1

    i don’t think we have those here either. what state do you actually live in?

    5.7.2006 @ 6:53 pm
    2
    Leanne said,

    We’re in Illinois, on the Mississippi, which I think is why we get such a variety of birds here. We must be on a migratory path or something.

    It’s pretty neat, seeing all of these different species, it’s one of the few things I’ll miss about this place when we leave.

    5.7.2006 @ 8:08 pm
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    Chickadee said,

    Oh wow, what a gorgeous picture of the Grosbeak. I tell you what, I have seen so many Grosbeaks this week and have had a few customers come in to report their sightings…they must be migrating through our part of the midwest. Isn’t it awesome!

    5.7.2006 @ 10:31 pm
    4
    Erika said,

    Nothing gross about that awesome Grosbeak! How much do you spend on bird food a week??? :scare:

    5.8.2006 @ 12:07 pm
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    Ocean Lady said,

    Here I keep seeing egrets, and I saw a blue jay attacking my cat Goku. It was funny looking. Goku was scared. And I saw a red cardinal. Very pretty markings and cute poses the birds have. :sing:

    5.8.2006 @ 3:35 pm

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