[birding] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak # 2

[Jamie S.]

On the other hand, I watched a female Black-headed Grosbeak on May 30th at South Beach (Yaquina Bay; while looking for the rare Blue Grosbeak) that was very pale and had only a hint of pale orange, which was on the throat or upper breast. It lacked the strong streaking on the breast and throat that a female Rose-breasted has. So carefully observe any candidates for female Rose-breasted Grosbeak before jumping to that conclusion....

--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org> wrote:

From: Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org>
Subject: Re: [birding] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak # 2
To: birding at midvalleybirding.org
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 7:39 PM

Hi all,

Just a thought ...

.. with Chris reporting a second male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in
Corvallis this week, and a few others being reported around Oregon,
there seems to be a bit of an invasion going on. And if males are
showing up, there should be females too. 

So ... might want to watch female grosbeaks coming to feeders too!

I bumped into a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak while I was in northern
Virginia for work a few weeks ago, and was really struck by how
different she looked compared with our local female Black-headed
Grosbeaks. A lot less orangey, and with fine streaking on the breast.

If you've been paying attention to the regular female Black-headed
Grosbeaks at your feeders, I think you'll notice the difference if one
of these girls shows up!

Happy birding,
Joel

--
Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis


_______________________________________________
birding mailing list
birding at midvalleybirding.org
http://midvalleybirding.org/mailman/listinfo/birding
http://oregonbirdwatch.org/pipermail/obol/



      
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.midvalleybirding.org/pipermail/birding/attachments/20100609/50751407/attachment.html