[TN-Bird] Re: evening grosbeak?
- From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Kevin.Breault@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:49:48 -0500
It sounds to me like you saw a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The males show
quite a lot of white in the wings and back when they fly.
Evening Grosbeak sadly has become extremely rare in TN and parts south.
They are only reported every few years at best (I can't remember the last
one). I haven't seen one in TN in probably 15 years at least.
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Kevin Breault <Kevin.Breault@xxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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
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> *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
>
>
>
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