[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed along a woodland trail at the Great Swamp NWR in central New Jersey. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: June 1981)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed at the Convention Center in South Padre Island, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2001)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 20, 2006)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 21, 2006)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed at the Willows, Sea Rim State Park, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 27, 2007)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed at the Willows, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 29, 2008)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed at the Willows, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 29, 2008)

[Length 8 in. Wingspan 12.5 in.]

This female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was photographed at the Willows, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 30, 2008)