LHG_2747_ Pyrrhuloxia- male

Pyrrhuloxia or also called the Gray cardinal. It has a parrot like bill to crush the mesquite beans. Similar to a cardinal but stubby and with the noticable strong lighter beaks. this is the male,I also found the female in the thicket too.

[Babs]

What a gorgeous bird.

[Kerry McCarthy]

Wow, never heard of it. Is it common? Cool catch!

[Taffy]

Great capture! Love the colors and his expression.

[Leslie]

Fantastic capture

[gloria jones]

Wow....Great capture of this neat bird

[Joan Robillard]

Fab

[Corinne C]

Fabulous!

[Linda Godwin]

@mccarth1 unusual and I had a hard time locating both male and female

[amyK]

Love this! Excellent shot.

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Diana]

You are finding some amazing birds Linda, another new to me beauty so well captured.

[*lynn]

beautiful, clear shot ~ fav

[haskar]

Pretty bird and lovely shot.

[John Falconer]

What a fabulous capture.