A male rose breasted grosbeak came to my feeder yesterday (Auburn). I thought he was feeding w a female house finch but after reading your posts, I'm thinking she was grosbeak. Thanks for clearing that up for me. 😀
Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2016, at 7:07 PM, Carol Keeler <[email protected]> wrote: Yes. I had both the first day. A female came back yesterday and sat in the birch tree for a long time, almost like she was sleeping. She never went to the feeders. Could she have been a new migrant who'd just dropped in and needed a rest? Sent from my iPad > On May 3, 2016, at 6:41 PM, bob mcguire <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don’t forget to watch for female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks! My first-of-year > Grosbeak (a female) just arrived at the feeder a few minutes ago. They can be > confused with female House Finches and Female Red-Winged Blackbirds (on first > glance, at least - and if you are not looking for them). > > Bob McGuire >> On May 3, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Judy Cuyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My husband first spotted the male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak late this morning >> and he was still here (top of Bruce Hill Road) a few minutes ago. I think >> they're my favorite bird! So glad to see him back this year. >> >> Judy Cuyle >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
