I feel compelled to chime in with some additional information that vouches for the overwintering survival of a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the contiguous Bronx Park (Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden). As noted earlier, a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen at the Bronx Zoo on the December 28, 2014 Bronx/Westchester CBC. I was among the birding party covering the zoo that date. We observers recognized the bird immediately, but considering the very late date we paid close attention to be sure we were not in fact looking at an extralimital female Black-headed Grosbeak.
On February 17th another observer posted their Bronx Zoo Rose-breasted Grosbeak sighting to eBird with a documentary record photo (eBird checklist S21945422). On February 20th, I observed the bird again at the zoo (eBird checklist S21986073). Curiously, neither the February 20th nor CBC sighting have yet posted *publicly* on eBird, presumably awaiting a reviewer's follow-up? In any event, I am glad she has survived. No mean feat! Todd Olson, Greater NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
