According to Hinterland Who’s Who, this bird
- has a bill that in spring is the colour of buds
- may devour surprising quantities of raw salt, salt-impregnated earth or fine gravel
- has a close predator–prey relationship with the spruce budworm, a serious pulpwood forest pest
- has been seen to eat 96 sunflower seeds in five minutes (say wha??) no wonder our supply of seeds seems somewhat diminished . . .
It was late Sunday morning when a flock of these beautiful birds landed in on our feeder and were flitting around in a bit of a frenzy. I have never been able to capture a good photo of one and I was busy – busy getting ready for Christmas so I announced that I wasn’t even going to get my camera out. But hubby, as usual, gave me just the bit of encouragement that I needed and this is what happened . . . I added Kim Klassen’s new texture – Lilly. It’s one of her free textures that she is giving away this month – right now! Head on over and get yerself one! or twelve! Thanks, Kim!
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World Bird Wednesday at The Pine River Review
Sweet Shot Tuesday at Life With My 3 Boybarians
Lovely bird and lovely blending result. Ain’t the birdy cold?
Merry Christmas!
Arlene
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Beautiful, I wish I could photograph him…
MaryAnn
I’m glad you listened to your husband! This is a wonderful bird image that you’ve captured. I do love grosbeaks….once in awhile, a few show up at my feeder.
Good thing you got your camera out, beautiful bird! I use seem to get squirrels at my feeder. Laura Please stop by for our giveaway if you get a chance.
Beautiful capture and texture work.
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A fantastic portrait of this bird and great texture work too.
Have a nice day, Barb.
What a gorgeous bird and an awesome photo. Well done!
What a sweet bird !
Wonderful photo and texture work, Barb !
Nice week,
Sylvia
It’s so lovely!
What a beauty! We used to get a rosebreasted grosbeak in the spring — an equally lovely bird. :)
beautiful capture! so jealous! even if they’re eating you out of sunflower seeds! :)
love that cute header too!
So glad your hubs persuaded you….a beautiful capture and composition!
Kathy
A very nice picture.
You captured him so well! Great job. I never see these guys around my place.
Lovely image! I love the texture application!
Barb, this is just gorgeous!
A fantastic capture. I don’t know too much about birds but your’s are colorful–I got pigeons by me.
What a fantastic photo!
Hooray for your husband! He’s a good man and your photo is wonderful!
Glad you decided to get the camera, beautiful shot and love the texture.
Wonderful bird capture, love the definition, especially on his lower wings.
Excellent capture of a beautiful bird.
Gorgeous!!! Man, that is a lot of seeds–it is hard to believe. I have a huge woodpecker that comes tom my sunflower seed feeder and even he doesn’t eat that fast!! yikes!
This is one of my Mom’s favorites ~ this is quite the shot ~ they are beautiful aren’t they!
Where are you located? We used to have EGs every two years, and now they only show occasionally. We’re hoping for an ‘eruption’ year… so send them to Ohio!
Stunning and clear picture of a beautiful bird. Very Good.
They’re stunning birds. Great capture. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Wow, what a beautiful bird! You did a wonderful job capturing it! Gorgeous photo!
Oh what a treat..I would love to host one of these beautiful birds…
What a beautiful little bird to see.. thanks for sharing your lovely image.
I’d say your picture makes this texture look good. Lucky thing hubby pushed you to get the camera!
That’s a beautiful bird.
Oh thank you for linking up to Nature Notes…it is a small meme, no more than a dozen or less people even though I’ve had it for a couple of years. I always go and read the ‘about section’ and I had just taken one of my yoga books out again. Have not done it in quite a while, but I need to adapt it to my health issues now, but it may help with some spasticity of my MS and I really should get back to meditating again….Michelle
Stunning image! Brilliant color and exquisite detail!
that’s fantastic!!!! a colorful brd against white a scenario!
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What luck to photograph this! I really need to set up a feeder in my yard. Thanks for this post!
That’s a nice shot! What a beautiful bird!
Hi what a beautiful image thanks so much for sharing it. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas from New Zealand.
Blessings
Suzanne