We seemed to have an increase in black-headed grosbeaks as well this
summer. We had two families of birds sharing our feeders. The males
seemed to show up more often than did the females. They seemed to arrive
at our feeders at about the same time that the evening grosbeaks did in
the spring as they were heading north. And now that you mention it Mike,
I haven't seen any BHGB for at least a couple of weeks.
---------->kathie webber, snohomish WA
kwebber at sno.wednet.edu

On Tue, 24 Sep 1996 Mikewile at aol.com wrote:

> On the grosbeak note, my Black-headeds finally left last week. I have had an
> occasional BHGB at my feeder for the past 4 summers, but this year, at least
> two separate families took up residence in my back yard (about 12-15 birds)
> for the whole summer. What a tremendous treat (albeit a drain on the bird
> seed budget).
>
> Did any one else notice an increase in these birds in the Seattle area this
> summer?
>
> Mike Wile
> Redmond, WA
>
>
>
>
> n a message dated 96-09-23 22:31:49 EDT, you write:
>
> << My 12-year old daughter glanced out at the feeder and said "Look, Mom,
> grosbeaks!". A small flock of Evening Grosbeaks paid us a short visit, but
> a squirrel was hogging the sunflower seeds. We are also seeing our first
> Juncos of the season. >>
>
>