Ash Canyon Part III

Although I have seen the Black Headed Grossbeak here at The Azure it prefers deciduous and mixed wooded areas. It likes to be in areas where there are large trees as well as thick bushes, such as patches of broadleaved trees and shrubs within conifer forests, including streamside corridors, river bottoms, lakeshores, wetlands, and suburban areas. It also seems to avoid coniferous vegetation. So, I was not surprised to see it -- well, the female that is -- at Ash Canyon. Didn't see the male. It is in the same family as  the Cardinal and about the same size (maybe not quite as stocky though).

Female Black Headed Grossbeak