Hello, tweets.

I was just treated to the sight of a movement of Black-headed Grosbeaks (at least 8) and Western Tanagers (2) through the yard. The back yard was full of birds for 5 minutes or so, then I could see them moving on to the next yard. All were probably first-year birds. There are still 3 grosbeaks at one feeder, and I suspect there were probably a lot more than 8. Very cool, but not a hint of any other species. Do they travel in packs? Every fall we have small numbers of the grosbeaks come through, and as they are all young birds, it?s not that they remember being here from the previous year. Yet they don?t breed in our neighborhood any more.
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net