Greensboro Birds

Donna from Timberlake, NC, got a fantastic up-close look at a migrating male rose-breasted grosbeak on May 9. Well, technically her husband got this shot, but they’ve both seen RBGs at their place this spring. (Read Donna’s account of this sighting.) Grosbeak sightings don’t get much better than this, do they? Also, fantastic lawn, Donna!
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GBirds reader Linda nabbed these great shots of a male rose-breasted grosbeak at her feeder near Guilford College in Greensboro. These birds make their way through our area in the fall and spring. They winter in southern Mexico, Central American, northern South America, and the Caribbean. Summer finds them in the higher elevations of the [...]

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I must be the last birder in North Carolina to see a migrating rose-breasted grosbeak this spring. David saw one nearly a week ago, and he’s only maybe 30 miles south of me! What took so long? Anyway, I went into the woods this morning to see who’s winning the poison oak war (still not [...]

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UPDATE 11/2: Local birder Stephanie emailed today wondering if this is actually a female purple finch. After consulting the various field guides, I’m on the fence with this ID. Stephanie might be right—which would be awesome because I could finally put purple finch on my life list. Opinions are welcome, either in the comments or [...]

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Remember this fellow from last fall? This young male Rose-breasted Grosbeak dropped into my feeder while I was reading the Sunday paper a few feet away. Never saw another one—until today, that is:

Here he is, all grown up. Okay, I know the chances are beyond slim that this is the same bird, but this is [...]

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Sitting on the patio this morning with the Sunday paper, and who drops into the birdfeeder? This Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, that’s who! This male, whose plumage indicates that he’s either young or wearing his duller winter colors, didn’t really care that I was 4 feet away, he just dug into the sunflower seeds. See his big [...]

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