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Rose-breasted Grosbeak male

This bird shows the distinctive colours of a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, though it has not finished molting to the breeding (alternate) plumage. A close look at this image shows that the bird has been banded, probably at TCBO...I may even have handled it, and perhaps experienced the painful nip that heavy bill can give. From the bird's perspective, I deserved the bite as it would rather have been cracking seeds.

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Uploaded on November 14, 2020
Taken on May 21, 2015