Bob’s Backyard Birds
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And this is a separate color stage that the males go through. It’s called the 1st Autumn Plumage, a mixture of male and female colors. This young fellow arrived at my feeder on 7 October 2010.

© Bob Vuxinic

© Bob Vuxinic

23 APR 2012

© Bob Vuxinic

– Rose-breasted Grosbeak, cont’d.

This male is also very young – probably about a year old...he has the full male coloration, but he obviously needs a few more years to develop that large, bold rose breast that the breeding males possess, like the mature male on the previous page.
Three more pretty females.