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Date Posted: 06:51:26 07/02/03 Wed
Author: Matt A
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 12.28.112.46
Subject: Re: Another(?) Blue grosbeak
In reply to: Greg 's message, "Another(?) Blue grosbeak" on 05:36:04 07/02/03 Wed

> I saw 2 Blue grosbeaks at Girdham/Reed this
>morning, with one being an adult male.
>
> This appears to be a different bird--has anyone
>else seen an adult male?
>
> It sang vociferously right next to the road as I
>pulled up, and soon after getting out of the car,
>another grosbeak flew into the same tree. It was a
>very brown young male, and then they started chasing
>each other all over the place. They both flew fairly
>far off the road to the west, and after several
>minutes of losing track of them, I could hear one
>singing again.
>
> Continuing north on Girdham, I heard one Summer
>tanager give its call notes (did not bother to look
>for it) near the bike crossing, and saw 1 RH
>woodpecker next to the road.
>
> Turning east onto Sager, I drove slowly, mostly
>noting the remarkable silence. A Hooded warbler along
>the north side of Sager, not far from Girdham was out
>of its normal habitat-probably a post breeding
>wanderer.
>
> I heard 1 YB chat just west of the Sager/Wilkins
>field, and the usual suspects (Savannah and
>Grasshopper sparrows and E. meadowlarks) were heard in
>the field itself.
>
> I was a bit surprised at the lack of song
>already. I was only there an hour, but at prime
>time-7:15-8:15am. I dipped completely on Blue-winged
>warbler, which I cannot recall the last summer morning
>visit I have had in the Oak Openings and missed this
>bird. In addition, common birds like Baltimore oriole
>and Yellow-throated vireo were encountered only as
>singles, and the oriole was silent.
>
> I'm ready for shorebirds.
>
>
>Greg

Greg,

The adult male you describe would definitely be different from either of the first-year males I saw yesterday. Both had fairly extensive blue around the head but were mostly brown everywhere else.

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