[TN-Bird] Re: evening grosbeak?
- From: Kevin Breault <Kevin.Breault@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "jreese5@xxxxxxx" <jreese5@xxxxxxx>, "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 21:33:47 +0000
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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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>
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