The male Black-headed Grosbeak is still present at the home of Mary and = Steve Broten in Marshall Co.=20
Last night, 12 June, during the period from 6:30 to 9:45 PM, the = grosbeak paid a single visit to the bank of feeders in the back yard of = the house. The visit lasted for about two minutes, prompting Steve = Broten to observe, "That's the longest I've seen him stay at the = feeders."=20 This morning, the grosbeak visited the feeders twice between 5:15 and = 7:15 AM, staying just 10-15 seconds each time. Then it began singing = from the woods abutting the back yard; by using trails in the woods to = follow the song, good views were eventually obtained as the bird sang = from various exposed perches. Thanks are owed to Ben Fritchman and John = Hockema, who initially located the grosbeak in the woods by "chasing = down" a not-quite-the-same grosbeak song. To repeat the directions to the Broten's home that Jeannie Joppru posted = last Thursday, "go nearly 12 miles north on US 59 from the intersection = of MN 1 and US 59 in Thief River Falls, then 1/8 mile west on 280th St = NW, then south down their driveway. Please call before you visit. = Their home number is 218-874-2080." Phil Chu Department of Biology St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321=20
