New Bird at the Feeder Today
New Bird at the Feeder Today, what a fun surprise when I looked out the window and saw this gorgeous color of pink and gold. I do love seeing new birds and finding out what they are. These are called Pine Grosbeaks.
The pink one is the male and the golden colors are the females. They are not known to be in my area, they are usually farther north and out west in the high mountains.
Despite its name, these birds prefer Spruce and Fir trees, not pine trees.
It is also absurdly tame, allowing very close approach; ironically, this sometimes makes it easy to overlook in dense coniferous forest, since it may sit motionless as a birder walks by. And these hardly moved when I went to fill the bird feeder. It was so exciting to be that close to them.
I have only seen them the one day. Hopefully they will come back for another visit this winter yet.
New Bird at the Feeder Today
45 Replies to “New Bird at the Feeder Today”
Wow they are pretty!
Yes, colorful, 🙂
How lucky you are to see these beautiful birds Sandra – they are color coordinated to the feeder! I hope they continue making an appearance.
Meravigliosi! Anche da noi a volte arrivano volatili non della zona, per un giorno due e poi non tornano più.
Yes, I see the same things, I think they are just passing through the area. What a treat when we get to see them though. 🙂 Thank you
Good Stuff!! I have never seen those before. You are so lucky Maybe they’ll move in.
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It was a fun surprise to see them. 😊
You sure are surrounded by some amazing creatures. 💗
Thank you, It is very nice. Have a wonderful evening Michele.
Wow! How cool! Beautiful!
They really are, so colorful. 🙂
Oh what a special treat! As striking as the male is I found myself drawn to the golden colors of the female. This is a new bird to me and was curious as to what they sounded like so I visited all about birds to listen to their song. It is quite conversational. I hope they return soon so you can enjoy more of their conversation and take more pictures.
Thank you Beth, yes, amazing all the different species of birds and such a joy to see them up close. They were not scared of me went I went to put more seeds in the feeder. I love being able to get that close to wildlife. Have a wonderful evening Beth.
This is so cool! They are just gorgeous and I can’t believe you got so close. I love their colors they remind me of the gold and purple finches that come around here. But they don’t linger too long if you approach.
Yes, and they are quite large birds also, so there is more color to see on them. I was surprised to see them. 🙂
Fantastic!
Thank you very much 🙂
Beautiful birds, wonderful colors.
Thanks, Sandra.
A nice day to you.
Thank you Francine, I just got home, Have a wonderful evening 🙂
Such beautiful birds! Thank you for the lesson about Pine Grosbeaks.
You are very welcome Betty, have a wonderful day.
Such pretty birds and photos. They really do resemble their finch cousins, especially the male, similar to a purple finch. I always loved sighting and identifying new birds too! Such a rare treat, like they stopped just for you 🙂 Hopefully, they’ll remember your feeding stop along the way.
Thank you Mary, yes it is exciting to get to see new birds. Amazing all the colors there are in bird world.🙂
Beautiful bird! I don’t think I ever saw them before.
Yes, it was a surprise to me to see a large pink bird out there. And they are friendly.
We still only have the occasional chickadee and nuthatch, even with tempting thistle and sunflowers seeds in the mix. Seeing such color is a delight!
It really is Pam, just when I was thinking the same thing. All of a sudden a bright pink bird shows up. Makes feeding birds more fun.
I will be on the lookout for some festive feathering.
Treat yourself to that bird book. There are many excellent ones published and they open new worlds to you about behaviors and other details that you might not otherwise know about a new bird. A pair of binoculars (even inexpensive ones) make backyard birding an adventure of discovering a “little brown job” isn’t a house sparrow, but a white-crowned sparrow, for example because you can see the distinctive plumage.
I recommend the Cornell University website for excellent bird facts and recorded sounds, too: https://www.allaboutbirds.org
Thank you very much Doug, yes, my binoculars are always right where I can reach them. Another person mentioned that same website, I have been using it, so much wonderful information.
Beautiful. 🙂
Thank you very much. 🙂
Amazing. It is special that you could see this bird.
I love it when a new bird comes around and then looking up what it is to learn more about it. It is easier to look it up with the internet, I do not have a bird book, but I might get one. 🙂 Have a wonderful day Marland.
Thanks for your comments, hoping you also have a wonderful day!
So the word about your yummy feeder reached the Far North. 😀 What’s next? A fulmar? 🙂
That would be so cool Jo, 🙂, I like to think these birds were on vacation, stopped in for lunch and took in the sights before traveling on.
Reminds me of the Bird Feeder we had. A lot of parrots would visit. The feeder broke and we replaced it but the birds didn’t like the new feeder it seems. They didn’t come back. Any idea how to get them to come back?
I think it just takes time. Usually when they leave, they have found another place with food. I have seen that also, where I don’t see a certain bird for a long time. It is just by chance when they fly by and decide to stop I think. They will be back.🙂
Wow soo beautiful birds. Specially the red one. Whats the species?😁😁😊
It said they are in the finch family. 😊
Were they possibly migrating or moving away from a snowy area?
They could be, the map showed they stay in Canada for almost year round. There was only a couple places out west in the states where you might see them. A rarity for sure. Amazing color on the male.
These beautiful birds, these Grosbeaks, are like finches, Sandra
Yes, it said they are in the finch family. I wonder why they put them in that species. I always think of finches as small birds.