[EBB Sightings] Fw: black headed grosbeak

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Black-headed Grosbeaks are not regulars at my feeders, either (last  
yeat I saw one), but a female showed up at my feeder and returned to  
it many times yesterday morning.

Lynne

On Apr 11, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Debbi Brusco wrote:

> I looked through the back door on Thursday when I got home, and  
> there was a female (I think) Black-headed Grosbeak at the seed  
> feeder. Before I could try to get a photo, it flew off. But then, a  
> male flew in and also began to eat.
> These guys don't come to the feeder on a regular basis. I saw one  
> once in July and once in Aug. of 2005.
> Susan Russell wrote:
>>> As I was taking advantage of the wonderful sunshine to do
>>> some needed yard work in my Montclair yard, I heard my first
>>> black headed grosbeak of the season!  My first thought,
>>> "This seems too early."  However, checking my
>>> records it was Feb. 28 that I recorded my first BHG last
>>> year.  Could this be the new "norm"?  It will
>>> probably be a few weeks before they show up at my feeders. Spring  
>>> is in the air!!
>>>
>>> Susan
> Debbi Brusco
> Hayward
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