Evening Grosbeak (male)
I had not seen any birds of this species for years. We used to have them on the homestead every winter when I was a child. (Many moons ago š )
They appeared one very foggy, rainy morning shortly before Christmas and stayed for much of the day; but have not returned since. They are a very beautifully colored bird. But as I recall ......... also very gregarious, tend to take over the feeders, and are not particularly tolerant of competing species.
There had been a rather large flock coming into the feeders at my sister-in-law's, for almost a month. But they have not been in for several day. She is only about five miles distance from me. I rather suspect that these are an irruptive population whose local feeding grounds may have been decimated by the drought and/or wildfires.
Evening Grosbeak (male)
I had not seen any birds of this species for years. We used to have them on the homestead every winter when I was a child. (Many moons ago š )
They appeared one very foggy, rainy morning shortly before Christmas and stayed for much of the day; but have not returned since. They are a very beautifully colored bird. But as I recall ......... also very gregarious, tend to take over the feeders, and are not particularly tolerant of competing species.
There had been a rather large flock coming into the feeders at my sister-in-law's, for almost a month. But they have not been in for several day. She is only about five miles distance from me. I rather suspect that these are an irruptive population whose local feeding grounds may have been decimated by the drought and/or wildfires.