World Bird Wednesday - Grosbeak

This week a bird I've never seen before and happily he's now a regular visitor to my feeder!!

At first I didn't know what he was

 but when I got a good look at that heavy beak I knew it was some kind of Grosbeak

I excitedly called my sister,

 shot over a photo

 to her and she helped me identify it as a gorgeous Black-Headed Grosbeak!

What a beauty!!

I also spotted this little one on the edge of my raised garden bed,

I've seen this one before but never gotten a good photo.

A lovely White Crowned Sparrow!!

And here's one shaking it's tail feathers,

at first I thought it was a youngster asking to be fed,

but maybe it's a male showing off to the ladies!

I'd love to know for sure???

He stood there for some time shaking the tail feathers and what looked like posing!

A really great bird week for me,

I actually have a few other pictures I got on our Mother's Day visit up north to Big Lake

but I'm going to save those for next week.

Kristi