Last week I saw an immature male black-headed grosbeak at one of the feeders. Today it was an adult male. He seemed generally unconcerned about much, which might have eventually become a problem as we had a hawk visit the yard today for a snack (here's hoping he picked up a sparrow instead of any of the finches).
Their bills are finchy - big, seed-eating bills. About the size of a starling, black-headed grosbeaks belong to the same family as northern cardinals. They summer in our neck of the woods
This is the initial doodle - look for color tomorrow.
Doodled from
this photo.
