“ABOUT EVENING GROSBEAKS”

Measurements

Both Sexes
Length
16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in)

Wingspan
30–36 cm( 11.8–14.2 in)

Weight
53–74 g ( 1.9–2.6 oz )

Evening Grosbeaks are Finches. They breed from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia and south to northern New England, Minnesota, the mountains of Mexico, and California.They winter south to California, Texas, and South Carolina and nest in coniferous forests and visits deciduous woodlands and suburban areas in the winter.

Evening Grosbeaks eat seeds of shrubs and trees, juniper berries, pinion nuts, maple sap, seeds and buds of deciduous trees and shrubs. They also consume insects during the breeding season.

“PHOTO INFORMATION”

Photo taken on April 18/10 at 2:04pm in own back yard( south east Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada).
Camera; Canon 40D
Lens; Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM Lens.
Tripod; Manfrotto, including 498RC2 ball head.
Taken at 1/640’s at f/8, -1EV, 400 mm, iso 800, man wht balance 6050 kelvin.

Contrast adjustment and slight color saturation in Lightroom. Sharpened in PhotoshopCS2 via lab mode, duplicate layer, lightness channel, unsharp mask ( amount 30, radius 3, threshold 3). No cropping.