In the video below you will see Contented Peace, Bliss and Happiness at our magical bird feeder! If only the whole world got along this well! Our bird feeder is so busy, pretty soon we are going to need an air traffic tower! We sometimes have 10 black-headed grosbeaks at a time – most of them males (only about 3 females), but we have so many other birds too! This video shows many birds – all of them but one are black-headed grosbeaks – note that there is a feeder on a table that actually has 2 grosbeaks at it – one you can see clearly but one you can only see through the plastic of the feeder because that second grosbeak is on the far side of the feeder, so you need to look closely. There is also one large dove in this video, eating on a feeding tray -and as you will see, they all get along fine!
In the photo below, you will see a FEMALE black-headed grosbeak – unlike the males which have the coloring of monarch butterflies, the females have browns and whites on their heads (striking stripes) and peachy colored breasts – they look ethereal! Like the males, they have large thick beaks. No mistaking these lovely ladies for anything but a grosbeak!
A Lovely Trio of Female Feathery Friends!
