Evening Grosbeak… I’ve never seen one in person, but doesn’t this one look like he’s asking you to dance? And hot though he may be, we’ve caught him on a Snow Day, because it’s snowing in Corvallis today…
From what I read, he represents a dwindling species, possibly because… well, the usual suspects. Most notably, the decline of spruce budworm… budworms are bad for timber… q.e.d. Sigh.
Original photo credits Birders World magazine