Thank Dave - appreciate the information about the Warbling Vireos and Gerard re: BHGR. I was going to add Willow Flycatcher to the same category as Warbling Vireo since they are still here - sometimes up to 4 of them which may be the local breeders plus offspring or two local pre-migration breeders plus two migrants - haven't spent time aging or studying them yet. By the way, add Cedar Waxwing to the list of birds chased by Willow Flycatchers...... Jim On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:55 AM, <gerard.lillie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dave answered your question re: Warbling Vireos. Regarding the grosbeaks, > I was out of town for a little over a week and have not seen Black-headed > Grosbeaks either before I left or since I returned. I usually do have them > hanging around this time of year and maybe they were at my house since I > returned to two empty feeders, which surprised me since one is pretty big. > If they were at my place I guess that would once again confirm why they are > sometimes called grocery beaks. > > > > Gerard > > *Subject: *Re: [obol] Re: Local Swainson's Thrush Fallout > All, > > I've been having audible nocturnal Swainson's Thrushes over my house every > night and early morning since last Friday morning but none more prominent > than the flight of August 25. I've had Swainson's Thrushes every morning > around the yard - usually with several running along the railing of the > back deck. Just a few blurps this morning so the line of Thrushes may have > shifted westward? I'm in Battle Ground which is about 6 miles east of the > I-5 freeway in Clark County. The number of vireos/warblers/flycatchers in > and around the yard continues to be the best I've ever had with a minimum > of 8 Warbling Vireo each day. Don't know if these are the same individuals > as the number of Black-throated Grays, Yellows, OCs, and Wilson's seems to > noticeably fluctuate. Anybody have any idea whether WAVIs linger more at > one spot during migration than other species? My local BH Grosbeaks left > on the 8/26 or evening of the 25th, the day after I had an incursion of > four more BHGR to add to my two lingering locals. Anybody else lose their > BH Grosbeaks on the 26th? > > Difficult to sleep during fall migration! > > Keep your eyes and ears skyward. > > Jim in Battle Ground, WA > > > > -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-723-0345 jdanzenbaker@xxxxxxxxx