Rose-breasted Grosbeak

I actually put this heavily cropped, noisy photo through Neat Image last night and I must say it did take away some of the noise. I don't like the way it reduces a photo to just a very small file size, though - of course, I could be doing something wrong, lol!

We repeated the walk we did in South Glenmore Park on Tuesday morning, this morning, but so few bird species were seen compared to the other day. I'm so glad I got to see this handsome Rose-breasted Grosbeak on Tuesday, even though my photos were somewhat disappointing. Aren't they beautiful birds? After this morning's walk, I drove west of the city, calling in at a couple of places for waterfowl and then did my usual short Mountain Bluebird drive - no chances to get any decent photos of the Bluebirds, just two or three very distant ones. The sun shone ALL day today, amazing : )