Bird Day - NationalDays Challenges

How can I resist a Bird Day challenge! This challenge comes from the amazing @dmcamera and the easy rules are here-NationalDays Challenge

Yesterday I noticed the first rose breasted grosbeaks of the season out in the yard! While I was taking this photo I was buzzed by a hummingbird and realized they are migrating north now, too, and while I was hanging out the hummingbird feeder, I noticed this female grosbeak sitting on the deck.

Her breathing appeared labored, and she did not have the energy to fly away from me. I think the flight north was just too much for her this year.

She hopped around on the deck a little, and I sat and talked to her and reassured her that she was safe, but the rest of the flock flew on without her, and by afternoon she had died.

I read that grosbeaks live 12 years in the wild, and up to 24 years in captivity. I like to think she simply died peacefully of old age. Poor thing.

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