CLOSED: Grosbeak

Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

This photo was taken on May 22, 2009 in McClennan County (southwest of Waco), Texas, in a rural setting. The bird was perched on an unoccupied Martin house. It is a very awful photo taken with a low-quality camera at distance (bad combo), but I'm hoping to get some input as to the ID. It seems like it should be a female grosbeak of some variety. It seems too large, the breast too light, and there appears to be a head stripe to be a Blue Grosbeak(most common there). There doesn't appear to be any breast striping, so I'm thinking that Rose-breasted Grosbeak is out. Could it be a Black-headed Grosbeak? It would be during migration, so anything is possible. Please, give me your thoughts.

Thanks,
Missy

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Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

Let's try the big photo, since the cropped one was too small.

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Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

another try at a crop.

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Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

Sorry, too small and blurred to make anything definite of it. Hard even to rule out House Finch from these pics!

Resin

Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

Thanks for having a look at it, Res.

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