Rose-breasted Grosbeak, New Yard Bird, El Paso County.

[Gary Koehn]

My wife woke me from my nap this afternoon (something I strongly discourage her from doing) to tell me there was a bird at our feeder that did not look like any other bird she has seen there. By the time I got to the window it was gone but she actually sketched a very good facsimile of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ( I have to admit I was impressed).

A few hours later the bird was back and quite interested in our suet feeder. It was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Here are two pictures I got of the bird.

Gary Koehn
Cedar Heights
El Paso County

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