Carol, If you search for Evening Grosbeak online you will find several photos of birds from the back, flying away and, I think, on feeders. One of my favorite birds and now ABAs "bird of the year" and on the cover of the current Birding, 44,2. I have seen many (ten states but not TN). Hard to mistake the male. Great bird! Kevin Breault Brentwood, TN ________________________________ From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Reese, Carol [jreese5@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:54 PM To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TN-Bird] evening grosbeak? I am accustomed to seeing the occasional rose breasted grosbeak on my feeders during migration, but never have seen evening grosbeak and am not sure that is what I saw, since it flew just as I saw it. The back was presented to me as it flew, and I had a quick impression of large white patches, maybe on wings and back. No pictures I can find will show the markings from the back with wings spread. The only time I have seen evening grosbeaks in Tennessee, it was much earlier in the year, before things had leafed out, and they were in small flocks, feeding in a big overgrown field, lifting and then dropping to feed. They were very vocal. Anyone ever seen evening grosbeak (singular) on a feeder? "There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot." — Aldo Leopold<http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/43828.Aldo_Leopold> Carol Reese Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District University of Tennessee Extension Service 605 Airways Blvd. Jackson TN 38301 731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx<mailto:jreese5@xxxxxxx>