Subject: [Tweeters] migrants by the flock
Date: Aug 23 09:19:42 2009
From: Dennis Paulson - dennispaulson at comcast.net


Currently there are at least four immature Black-headed Grosbeaks
coming to our feeders. I say "at least," because that's how many I
saw at once at one feeder just now (Aug 23). I first spotted two of
them on Aug 20, and they have been in the yard on and off throughout
each day since then. They are surely migrants, if only short-distance
ones, as there were no grosbeaks around here this summer (I heard a
few songs May 16-31, but no occurrences between then and now). I had
never seen more than two together before this. It's obvious they are
"together," as we often see 2, 3, and now 4 at once at the feeders,
then they will be absent for an hour or more, then another visitation
by more than one at a time, often appearing together and leaving
together.

Yesterday (Aug 22) there were a Rufous Hummingbird and Pacific-slope
Flycatcher in the yard as well, the hummingbird again appearing
today. There is a lot of bird activity in our yard, but not a large
number of migrants, so it's always a treat to see one.
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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