Sunday, February 15, 2009

Black Headed Grosbeak, Juvenile male


These pictures were taken on Febraury 12th, 2009 at bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Texas. The male shares equally in incubating eggs and raising the young. The females song is a simplistic shorter version of the males song, but sometimes the female will sing the same song as the male in an attempt to induce the male to spend more time close to the nest.








3 comments:

BocaFriend said...

Congratulations on these spectacular close-ups! Truly outstanding clarity. And smiled at the bottom-most 'complaint.' Everybody's a critic!

Arti said...

hi
besides me,my son also likes your pictures..he is even learning the names of all these birds through your descriptions..
cheers

Anonymous said...

Great photos! I've gotta get over to see this beautiful bird, and only 50 miles from home!

--John