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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on July 28, 2018, 11:55:13 AM

Title: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: Shortsighted on July 28, 2018, 11:55:13 AM

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Title: Re: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: Ally on July 28, 2018, 12:26:17 PM

Are they also called Rose-Breasted Grosbeak?

Title: Re: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: Shortsighted on July 28, 2018, 12:30:52 PM

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Title: Re: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: nkwali on July 28, 2018, 03:25:07 PM

Lovely photos. Amazing to see the Black-headed Grosbeak out this way.

Title: Re: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: Dinusaur on July 28, 2018, 07:49:52 PM

Beautiful photos and wow, what a sighting of a Black-headed Grosbeak. I wasn't aware of their presence here until today. If you haven't, you should submit in the eBird checklist.

Title: Re: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: tangara on July 28, 2018, 08:09:10 PM

The photos are of a first winter male Rose-breasted Grosbeak.  They can appear very buffy in this plumage.  An adult female Black-headed would show a buffy nape and buffy in the rear part of the supercilium.  The photos do not show this.  It would also have fine breast streaking that would be absent in the center of the breast.  The photos show coarse streaking that seem to extend to the centre of the breast. Also, the photos appear to show a hint of the underwing coverts, which are pink, not yellow, as they should be in Black-headed.

Great photo study nonetheless!

Title: Re: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: Shortsighted on August 02, 2018, 09:00:56 AM

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Title: Re: Meadowvale - Rouge - female Black-headed Grosbeak
Post by: annie on August 05, 2018, 08:58:21 PM

Wow, those are beautiful photos that you have taken.