I have had a bounty of them! Sometimes there have been so many that I cannot accurately count them. This has never happened before in the 22 years I have lived here. Every morning I wake up thinking that they will be gone, but today the over all here again! They love my spreadable suet and get a bit protective of it- aka known as some food fights. An unusual and lovely year for me. Now, after reading your post, I need to be more diligent about looking at their colors.
Debbie Balicki
Joplin, AR, Montgomery County
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> On May 3, 2025, at 4:18 PM, Lynn Foster <lfoster5211...> wrote:
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> I saw an interesting first today and am sharing it with the list.
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> Some springs, I see rose-breasted grosbeaks at my feeders. Other springs, I do not. I had not seen any this year until today, when five grosbeaks graced me with their presence. They all landed on my feeders at once--one female and four males. One of the males appeared to be in his first year--his rose chevon was quite pale and smaller compared to the other three males. Also, he was fed seed by both the female and one of the males. I've not seen this many grosbeaks at once, and only once before have I seen a less than one-year-old male.
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> Are they not beautiful birds?
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> Lynn Foster
> Pulaski Cty, NW of Pinnacle Mtn
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