black-headed grosbeaks have discovered my seed feeder here in the last week,
too. i always enjoy watching that beautiful flash of colour flying from my
forest into the feeder area...

last year, i had two adults and two juveniles most of the summer. i hope i
get at least that many this year...

00 caren


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Griffith" <jbgrif at mindspring.com>
To: "Jennifer Griffith" <jbgrif at mindspring.com>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: 2008 May 19, Monday 07:52
Subject: [Tweeters] Correction: Black-headed Grosbeak in Lacey


> Thanks to Betty for pointing out my error. I meant to type black-headed
> grosbeak! Sorry for the confusion I caused; still learning a lot of the
> birds around here, & typed too fast for my own good.
>
> Jennifer
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Jennifer Griffith <jbgrif at mindspring.com>
>>Sent: May 18, 2008 6:05 PM
>>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>>Subject: Black Grosbeak in Lacey
>>
>>Well, I now have another new bird to add to my life list after a female
>>black-headed grosbeak came to our feeders yesterday evening. I initially
>>thought it might be a female rose-breasted GB, but it seemed to have more
>>color to its underside than it should, & the ID was confirmed in my
>>40-yr-old Peterson's book (then later on www.enature.com).
>>
>>On a side note, I didn't realize until reading another post here that the
>>mockingbird was considered so uncommon around here, as my sister-in-law &
>>I are sure we saw one at Nisqually when we went there last Mon. The white
>>wing bars were quite distinctive, & having recently moved here from GA it
>>was "just another bird" to me (although I do miss the all-night singing
>>that mockingbirds can be infamous for).
>>
>>Have a bird-i-ful day!
>>
>>Jennifer Griffith
>>Lacey, WA
>
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