{"id":3280,"date":"2012-11-20T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2012-11-20T12:47:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T12:47:47","slug":"pine-grosbeaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=3280","title":{"rendered":"PINE GROSBEAKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had a good encounter with some Pine Grosbeaks at the Arboretum in central Ottawa. They were feasting on a ready supply of crab apples. (Click on the images for full screen view and then click again for even greater enlargement!)<\/em><\/p>\n

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MALE PINE GROSBEAK<\/p>\n

Would someone please give him a hanky!!<\/p>\n

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FEMALE PINE GROSBEAK<\/p>\n

Bad table manners seems to run in the family!!<\/em><\/p>\n

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BOHEMIAN WAXWING IN FLIGHT<\/p>\n

My old friends the Bohemian Waxwings, not to be outdone by the greedy guts Pine Grosbeaks,\u00a0 give me a flypast and alight in a Juniper bush.<\/p>\n

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BOHEMIAN WAXWING FEASTING ON JUNIPER BERRIES<\/p>\n

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Good shot for the inspection of the feather detail along full length of bird.<\/p>\n

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BOHEMIAN IN GOLDEN CRAB APPLE TREE<\/p>\n

It was the oddest thing. The Bohemians were very skittish as I witnessed from a distance two passes by a Merlin falcon and a Coopers Hawk (both unsuccessful I might add!). However if I stood quietly by a crab apple tree the Bohemians would seemingly follow me from tree to tree, often approaching to less than minimum focus distance.\u00a0 Finally I lured them into a golden crab apple tree just as the afternoon light was dying.\u00a0 Shameless little showoffs!!\u00a0 (Do you think this would work with Angelina Jolie??)<\/em><\/p>\n

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