Male Pine Grosbeak

Thank you, Debra. Yes, he definitely was a looker! :-) Maggie

Thank you so much, Chris! :-) Maggie

Thank you so much, Joni. I was incredibly lucky, he was just hanging around on a neighbor's washline! :-) Maggie

Thank you so much, Farideh. I'm so pleased you like it! :-) Maggie

Lenore. I must have missed this and am not sure it's from when but thank you so much for nominating it for the best of minimalism in photography! :-) Maggie

Thank you so much, Marcia.. so very kind to put this as your pic of the day!

Thank you so much, Mioara, I 'm glad you like it!

Thank you ever so kindly, Louise ! :-) Maggie

Thank you, Jeff! :-) Maggie

Thank you, so much, Joni! :-) Maggie

OMG, Connie, what a thing to say. You have such beautiful work; Thank you - you are very kind! I also have the yellow version of this bird called the Evening Grosbeak in a file somewhere; it's a great reminder for me to look it up and share it. We have so few colorful birds here, that these really cheer up the winter blues! :-) Maggie

thank you, so much, Charlie :-) Maggie

Thank you, Lyric, for featuring Male Pine Grosbeak in Minimalism 1 a day; much appreciated. Maggie

Thank you, Ann. I was very lucky as I'm not a bird photographer, (although I shoot a bit of everything) and not equipped with very long lenses. He was not very far away and was kind enough to stay still :-) Maggie

Thank you, Debby. Yes, it's a gorgeous bird and we don't really have many bright colored birds up North.

Sharon, thank you so much. I'm glad you like it!

Hi Michael, thank you so much, i'm glad you like it!

Ha, you make me laugh. LOL! It is odd that in nature, it is the males that are ostentatious aren't they and we, women are the ones that pack on the makeup and jewelry to attract men. Men do have something over women though, as we get older, no amount of makeup can fix it, men without makeup, just get more handsome. :-) Maggie Thanks for visiting, Michel... as I always, I so enjoy your passing through. :-)