Rose Breasted Grosbeak
 Pheucticus ludovicianus
Pheucticus ludovicianus
  
    
       
      "Bill whitish to pale horn.
      M. has black hood and back, crimson red triangular bib, white
      belly and undertail coverts; large
      white patch at base of black primaries ..." (Donald
      & Lillian Stokes's The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds
      of North America, p. 706)
      "Breeding male has rose red
      breast, white underparts, white
      wing bars, white rump ..." (Jon L. Dunn & Jonathan
      Alderfer. Field Guide to the Birds of North America, p.
      494)
      "Common to uncommon migrant
      in the eastern half of the state ..." (Mark W. Lockwood
      & Brush Freeman's The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds,
      p. 205)
      This was the first sighting on May 4, 2013.
      Photo taken with a Nikon D300 with
      a Nikon 300mm f/4.5.
      April 24, 2016.