[EBB Sightings] Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Once last month (on 6/12) and several times this month I have had a
second-year male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK visit one of my feeders.  The
visits this month have lasted only a few minutes - until the bird is
scared off by a pack of juvenile scrub-jays.  This bird is not hanging
out in my yard; but may be spending most of his time in Garber Park -
just to the north of me.  Given that the bird has been seen
intermittently for more than a month, it seems likely that it is
spending the summer rather than just passing through.  Although I have
several male, female and juvenile Black-headed Grosbeaks
coming to my feeders, I have not seen any of these birds interacting
with the Rose-breasted.

Pictures of this bird alone, and also sharing the feeder with a 
Black-headed Grosbeak may be seen in the Wildlife Gallery : Birds album 
of my website:  www.nhwildlife.net

Kay Loughman
in the hills on the Berkeley/Oakland border
overlooking Claremont Canyon