Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

2 responses to “Grosbeak, Beechnut”

  1. Hello Matthew!  Are the bottom pictures a juvenile male? Or is that non-breeding plumage?  Thank you for your continued offerings of natural beauty and righteous rage with practical advice.  Karen 

    1. Hey, Karen! A mature male, I think. Not a first winter male, but I don’t know the plumage patterns here. Never seen so many as this fall. The same Cornus was hopping with them yesterday again; pics to come.

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