Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.
Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.
Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.
Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.
Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.
Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.
Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.
Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)

Blue Grosbeak

(Passerina caerulea)

Description:

Blue Grosbeaks in south Texas might stay and breed for the summer, or they may be moving further north. This is another bird familiar to me in southern California. My third visit to Atascosa NWR in South Texas was intended to pickup images of a couple of the birds I came up short with on my second visit. But then I started meeting new birds and I stayed all day.

Date Taken: 2020:04:24 11:04

Location:

Atascosa NWR
Los Fresnos, Texas
United States
36.09 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250

File Name: BlueGrosbeak_D505874-Atascosa-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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