Tonight was the third night in a row I have had a beautiful adult male Black-Headed Grosbeak visit my platform feeder in west Edmond between 6 PM and 7:30 PM. I have not seen it in the mornings or afternoons. After seeing it on Friday, I thought for sure it would have moved north with the storms that came in from the south on Saturday, but it has stayed for a few days so far.
On Friday, I had mentioned on OKbirds that I thought it was the second report of a Black-Headed Grosbeak in Oklahoma County by looking at the sighting maps in eBird for central Oklahoma. That is wrong, when I later thought to pull up the number of sightings reported for the grosbeak in Oklahoma County specifically, eBird lists 14 reports. Still, this is a beautiful bird that is unusual in Oklahoma County and I have enjoyed watching it from my sunroom!
It has also been a great spring in my backyard for sparrows as I have had small groups of Chipping sparrows, Harris's sparrows and White-Crowned sparrows simultaneously which is unusual for my yard.
On the negative side, I have had a horrible start for hummingbirds this year. My first hummingbird was on April 25th which is the latest date for my first hummer ever. So far, that male Ruby-Throat has been the only hummingbird I have seen in my yard this year. I am not certain if others in central Oklahoma have noted a later showing of hummingbirds in their yards and areas so far this spring.
