Delightful Visitor

After at least a couple of years, I saw and had the opportunity to photograph this juvenile Blue Grosbeak. This was a really delightful treat for me side I used to have them nesting a few years ago in my backyard. Because of the shot visit, I only shot three photos of the bird, I hope that he’ll come back and see him again. I’m including a bit more information about this beautiful bird:

The Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea, , is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the northern cardinal, “tropical” or New World buntings, and “cardinal-grosbeaks” or New World grosbeaks.

The male blue grosbeak is a beautiful bird, being almost entirely deep blue. The female is mostly brown.

This is a migratory bird, with nesting grounds across most of the southern half of the United States and much of northern Mexico, migrating south to Central America and in very small numbers to northern South America; the southernmost record comes from eastern Ecuador. It eats mostly insects, but it will also eat snails, spiders, seeds, grains, and wild fruits. The blue grosbeak forages on the ground and in shrubs and trees.

12 thoughts on “Delightful Visitor”

clarepooley33 on October 17, 2015 at 12:32 pm said:

Very pretty! I hope it comes back to your yard in the spring.

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- avian101 on October 17, 2015 at 1:24 pm said:
  
  Thanks Clare, I’d like him to come back too! 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on October 17, 2015 at 12:39 pm said:

What a truly beautiful bird, no wonder you were pleased.

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- avian101 on October 17, 2015 at 1:36 pm said:
  
  When he reaches adulthood will dazzle you with his beauty! Thanks Susan! 🙂
  
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Tiny on October 17, 2015 at 4:10 pm said:

All reason to be happy, H.J.! He’s quite spectacular!

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- avian101 on October 17, 2015 at 11:13 pm said:
  
  Thank you Tiny! Small pleasures in life. 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on October 17, 2015 at 5:41 pm said:

You manaed to get a very good background for your smart looking visitor.

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- avian101 on October 17, 2015 at 11:16 pm said:
  
  That’s the magic of shooting with an open wide shutter. 🙂
  
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jmgoyder on October 18, 2015 at 1:44 am said:

What a gorgeous bird with such (seeming) expression!

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- avian101 on October 18, 2015 at 12:21 pm said:
  
  Thank you Julie! You’re right! 🙂
  
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featheredfiends on October 18, 2015 at 1:37 pm said:

Beautiful bird 🙂

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- avian101 on October 18, 2015 at 2:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much Marianne! 🙂
  
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