Rose Breasted Grosbeak

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.