Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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I took this from my car this past Sunday. I parked near some eye level perches in front of a distant background and waited for this guy to land on them. It was partly cloudy with harsh light when the sun was out, but luckily I had a cooperative cloud filtering the sun for this shot :)

D7500 + 200-500
1/500 F/5.6 ISO 800 410mm

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Ralph Bruno said:
It’s a great shot. Are there many of them in your area?
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Thank you! I was just editing my comment. Yes there are quite a few who are either breeding residents or birds that are passing through on migration. A male was spotted at the same exact location last year so I figured he'd be back at the same spot. Not sure if it's the same one, but I do know migrants will often return to the same location each breeding season.
 
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Absolutely beautiful photograph. They're one of the prettiest birds we have breeding here -- had two males and three females at our place at the same time about ten days ago. Now the migrants have moved on and I only see the breeding pair around the house.
 
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Woody Meristem said:
Absolutely beautiful photograph. They're one of the prettiest birds we have breeding here -- had two males and three females at our place at the same time about ten days ago. Now the migrants have moved on and I only see the breeding pair around the house.
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Thanks! It's always nice when you can find breeding migrants that stick around all summer. There are some other migrants including some warbler species that I now know where to locate over the summer, so I have that to look forward to :)
 
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