I consider myself to be an observant person...so, how did I miss seeing this beautiful bird before? Is the rose-breased grosbeak a seasonal visitor in south Louisiana, or did this fellow get sidetracked? I have lived here all my life and this is a first for me!
I was sitting in the backyard with binos and CP4500 when he came straight in to one of my feeders. I knew he was new to me and quickly clicked three pictures. He continued to feed for about 5 minutes...of course, I couldn't remember which button did what on my new camera. I am attaching one picture. I thought I'd get to practice with my camera on a dove or a blackbird. NO! First thing I know, I have the shakes while I'm trying to capture this beauty posing on my feeder. By the way, he came back today. I saw him three different times between 4:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Yeah! Maybe I'll figure out the zoom a bit better by tomorrow.
I was sitting in the backyard with binos and CP4500 when he came straight in to one of my feeders. I knew he was new to me and quickly clicked three pictures. He continued to feed for about 5 minutes...of course, I couldn't remember which button did what on my new camera. I am attaching one picture. I thought I'd get to practice with my camera on a dove or a blackbird. NO! First thing I know, I have the shakes while I'm trying to capture this beauty posing on my feeder. By the way, he came back today. I saw him three different times between 4:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Yeah! Maybe I'll figure out the zoom a bit better by tomorrow.