Dan and Anne Heyerly had an intriguing grosbeak visit their yard on Friday that
was tentatively identified as a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It was posted to the
Lane RBA WhatsApp group and subsequently, a few other birders have seen the
bird. I saw it this morning and discussed it with the hosts....it appears to
be mostly a Rose-breasted Grosbeak with a few Black-headed Grosbeak
traits......like 2nd or 3rd generation.
The most striking Black-headed Grosbeak trait is the yellowish-orange stripe
that runs from the chest down through the vent. The culmen is a bit darker
than I would expect from a pure Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the chest streaking
is somewhat intermediate.
Anyway, it is an intriguing bird and I thought that I would open it up to a
wider audience than the WhatsApp group(s).
Russ
eBird Checklist - 25 Jul 2021 - 2095 Westwood Ln (Private Feeder), Eugene US-OR
(44.0660,-123.0806) - 11 species (+1 other
taxa)<https://ebird.org/checklist/S92288501>
Dan & Anne
https://ebird.org/checklist/S92286663
Comments welcome!
Cheers,
Russ Namitz
