In a message dated 5/2/2006 3:04:26 PM Central Standard Time, gbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Hi, > A female grosbeak looks a lot like a female house (or purple) finch and > would, > of course, be roughly the size of the male rose-breasted. > Greg > Oh sorry I should have specified the big House Finch is a rosy colored bird. The rump is rosy just like a House Finch. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. But the smaller female with the larger male bird - I guess that might be the female Rose-breasted Grosbeak maybe just hanging around with the big House Finch? I don't know. She was up on a little branch above him moving her wings. Maybe it's an immature begging for food? Do they act like that? Barry Jernigan Murfreesboro, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________