[Birdtalk] Rose-breasted Grosbeak

[Deedee &/or Dick O'Brien]

My husband and I are doing Project FeederWatch again this year. We pick Mon/Tues each week to id and count the birds in our yard. Last Tuesday was a banner day. We had 19 species including two new yard birds-a Red-naped Sapsucker and a grosbeak. I snapped some poor photos of the grosbeak and sent them to Cornell Lab with my sighting info. Today I received word that the grosbeak is a young male Rose-breasted Grosbeak!

Yard List for November 24 & 25, 2008
California Quail - 20
Mourning Dove - 19
Red-naped Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Western Scrub Jay - 5
Black-billed Magpie - 11
Black-capped Chickadee - 2
American Robin - 4
European Starling - 3
Spotted Towhee - 4
Song Sparrow - 2
Dark-eyed Junco - 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
House Finch - 14
Pine Siskin - 2
Lesser Goldfinch - 6
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 17

Deedee
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