Fw: [birding] RFI: Evening Grosbeaks

[Jamie S.]

In response to Aaron's email, I sent the following note.

--- On Thu, 5/6/10, Jamie S. <woodpecker97330 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Jamie S. <woodpecker97330 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Fw: [birding] RFI: Evening Grosbeaks
To: anhaiman at ucdavis.edu
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 3:48 PM

Aaron,

They are very abundant in Corvallis, Oregon right now. I hear them daily at work (Stewart Lake at HP). I was--and still am?--hearing them every morning at home in nw Corvallis. Typically there are many on the campus at OSU this time of year, feeding on elm seeds/flowers; I don't get to campus much, but I did hear many on Saturday at one location. They seem especially evident & abundant in Corvallis this year and I've lived and birded here since 1992.

Jamie Simmons
Corvallis

--- On Thu, 5/6/10, Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org> wrote:

From: Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org>
Subject: [birding] RFI: Evening Grosbeaks
To: "MidValley Birds" <birding at midvalleybirding.org>, "Oregon Birders
 OnLine" <obol at oregonbirds.org>
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 3:30 PM

Hello all,

This message from a researcher at UC Davis comes by way of Linda Fink. 

Please respond to the researcher, Aaron Haiman at anhaiman at ucdavis.edu 
if you want to help.

Hi,

I am a graduate student at the University of California, Davis.  My 
research is on Evening Grosbeak subspecies.  I hope to find out how many 
subspecies exist, where they occur, and what the differences between 
them are.  My plan is to find groups of birds from throughout the 
western part of the their range and band, measure, record, and collect 
blood samples from them.  My first step is to locate the birds, and 
since they are nomadic this can be difficult.  If you see groups of 
Evening Grosbeaks,
 especially if you see them several times in the same 
place, and would be willing to send me an email, I would very much 
appreciate it.  Any information (where, when, how many, etc.) will be 
very useful.

Thank you very much,
Aaron

Aaron N. K. Haiman
Avian Science Graduate Group
University of California, Davis
anhaiman at ucdavis.edu






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