Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) - What's It Doing Here?

Rare sighting of beautiful male rose-breasted grosbeak bird in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona -- fights with a curve-billed thrasher too!

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Pets & Animals

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• rose-breasted
• grosbeak
• male
• bird
• birds
• rare
• sighting
• wild
• fights
• fighting
• fight
• curve-billed
• thrasher
• sonoran
• desert

[NoSlow78]

I am a proud rescuer of a Black Head Grosbeak.. they can cross breed with he Rose brested grosbeak... That is very weird how that Rosie ened up in Arizona!!! That's where Black Heads live!!!! :D

[waywardmuse]

I know! We have blackheads all over the place, but I had no idea they could cross breed. Thanks for the info! Oh - check out my most recent rose breasted grosbeak visitor. Do you think it could be the same one?

[rusureuwant2know]

I love it when they show up where they're not supposed to be - my guess is that we don't know half of what there is to know about the habits and habitats of these creatures:)

[waywardmuse]

I agree!

[Birdietweet]

we have them in Maine! every spring some stay through the winter

[waywardmuse]

Cool!

[spartymls]

the are in Michigan right now, I consider them an awesome sight and I also consider them a rare sight even though there numbers are good. Many people will live there wholes lives never seeing these.

[waywardmuse]

Thank you! Would you believe that he's back right now this year in the summer heat? He's across the road at my neighbor's house! I'm hoping he'll visit me again...

[txstoryteller]

Beautiful capture; I have seen them in Ohio, where I was born. I'd love to see one here in Texas; that'd be too cool! :) FIVE stars!

[seahue]

I was very excited, as you were, to see my first rose breasted grosbeak this spring:)