Blogs about: Black Headed Grosbeak
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Lookin' out my back door
Some of the birds of spring are reappearing. I hadn’t seen a Junco in my garden since the first week of May. No Siskin was seen during all of July. Now, they’ve reappeared. Both specie… more →
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Spotted Towhee or Black-headed Grosbeak
bobzeller wrote 1 week ago: Bill Yeates sent me a photo yesterday of a Spotted Towhee, but he had identified it as a Black-heade … more →
Lookin' out my back door
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atowhee wrote 3 months ago: Some of the birds of spring are reappearing. I hadn’t seen a Junco in my garden since the fir … more →
The temp was over 100, the bird count over 80
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atowhee wrote 4 months ago: Curtis and Tate Snyder were travelling north from the Bay Area, heading to the San Juan Islands. Th … more →
Sauvie Island in Summer
rakestrawbirder wrote 4 months ago: Sauvie Island (Birding Oregon p.55) is best known for wintering waterfowl and raptors. While the sum … more →
Pigeon teens all aflutter
atowhee wrote 4 months ago: This year’s crop of Band-tailed Pigeons have already formd those teenage gaggles so common amo … more →
BIG FLOCK OF BIG BIRDS
atowhee wrote 4 months ago: We experienced a groundswell of Band-tailed Pigeons during our breakfast this morning. They dropped … more →
Invader v. locals
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atowhee wrote 4 months ago: The Brown-headed Cowbird is NOT native to the Pacific Coast states. Like many other weeds and invas … more →
Gallery of recent pictures
atowhee wrote 5 months ago: Female Brewer’s Blackbird in our garden. And here on thei … more →
Family togetherness, grosbeak style
atowhee wrote 5 months ago: Younger (last year’s hatchling) male on the right with orange stripe extending along his head. … more →
Recent sightings
atowhee wrote 5 months ago: Western Screech-Owl, a peek performance. Here he’s head and shoulders above me. The … more →
Garden variety
atowhee wrote 5 months ago: Female Black-headed Grosbeak leaves the feeder. Male getting his share: The big deal in the garde … more →
An Extraordinary Bird Watching Day
californiabirdwatching wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday was an extraordinary bird watching day for me! Even though the Project Feederwatch bird co … more →
The little drummer bird
atowhee wrote 5 months ago: The Red-breasted Sapsucker now comes daily to our garden and he drums on the woodpeckers’ favo … more →
Birding with a pro
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atowhee wrote 6 months ago: I went birding with a pro on Friday, and here are some of the results. I can often find birds, but … more →
The quick, and the dead
atowhee wrote 6 months ago: An OLLI class field trip to North Mountain Park. Cold, rain threatened. But the Orioles were busy. … more →
250 Posts
fatfinch wrote 6 months ago: Male Black-headed Grosbeak To celebrate this, the 250th post on this blog, we invited two Black-head … more →
Grosbeaks, the unending song
atowhee wrote 6 months ago: The grosbeaks are a springtime staple at our feeders. A year ago I was overwhelmed with their numbe … more →
Birds round the 'hood
atowhee wrote 6 months ago: Male Lazuli Bunting and female Black-headed Grosbeak share our garden feeder. Two pics of … more →
The Zonotrichia Zone
atowhee wrote 7 months ago: The crowned heads of sparrowdom have brought their regal selves ito our garden today. Most of the y … more →
