1-2-3 Medium Bird Jubilee – #29
These three seed-eating birds share a large conical beak for power-crushing those big seeds.
The cardinals are my year-round buddies, but the other two are summer residents just arriving to my backyard!
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Another shot of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak who I spotted at my feeders yesterday, he made my day!
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male)
Apologies, things have been hectic with personal family problems; I’m going to try to get back to posting and catching up with your posts too, I miss them!
Bay Photos by Donna 
Okay, you and a number of the people on Facebook’s “Birds of Missouri” and a few other Facebook sites are making me a bit jealous. I’ve checked and rechecked to verify that St. Louis is in the breeding range of the rose-breasted grosbeak. With the onset of Spring it seems everyone is seeing them except me. I’ve lived in their breeding range for 54 years and 11 months, but have never seen one. I now have a bird feeder to compliment my very popular birdbath, but still no rose-breasted grosbeak. 🙂 Any ideas on attracting them?
No worries, Donna. Family must be the priority. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is amazing. 😉
Nice way to group your sightings. Both these grosbeaks are new to me,
very beautifully coloured birds…lovely!
That touch of red in the Rose-breasted Grosbeak is gorgeous. Beautiful gallery, Donna.
Beautiful grosbeaks and the Cardinal is my personal favorite in my yard.
The Blue Grosbeak is particularly stunning, in that colour!
Nice to see you back, Donna! The Blue Grosbeak is a real beauty 😊
I hope that you can get things organized because I always enjoy your posts.
Fabulous birds. The Grosbeaks are new to me. Great photo Donna
I look forward to the return of the RBG and one has obliged by hanging out near our feeders the past few days. Such handsome birds. I would love to see a blue grosbeak, but I’ve never had the pleasure, alas
Wow! Gorgeous.
The Grosbeaks are so unique looking – I never see them here. The Northern Cardinal has always been a favorite bird of mine!