[va-richmond-general] Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak and others
- From: "Jim Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cccoe@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Richmond Birds'" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:46:10 -0400
Four days in a row, Monday through Friday, we saw a different bird: M,
Hummingbird; T, Eastern Towhee; W, Pileated Woodpecker; R, Catbird; F,
Indigo Bunting. Then on Saturday the streak was broken. No new birds. But
today it resumed! Yet another bird.
This time it's a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, like the one you saw. It had a
thick yellow bill, a red bib, and black and white on its back. It looks like
no other bird in our bird book, not even a Towhee. It's the first
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak I have even seen.
So will this streak continue (now 6 out of 7)? Will I see a Red-eyed Vireo
or a Great-creasted Flycatcher, a Pine Siskin, or a Baltimore Oriole? My
bird books say that it is transient, that it is headed for more northerly
areas. But is the range expanding southward?
It seems that 4 out of the 5 chickadees are hatched - I still see an egg in
the nest.
Jim Blowers
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From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Caroline Coe
Sent: Tuesday, 2009 April 21 16:32
To: Richmond Birds
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Rose-breasted Grosbeak and others
Oh, my! The weather is bringing in the birds. We have our first of the
season Rose-breasted Grosbeak, greedily eating sunflower seeds, the sound of
a Red-eyed Vireo and Great-crested Flycatcher in the trees, and a fine Gray
Catbird on the suet.
And we still have large numbers of White-throated Sparrows and a good number
of Pine Siskins around, too.
Caroline Coe
Chesterfield County
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