Re: RB Grosbeak

Bonnie Ott (bott@erols.com)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:43:54 -0400


Robert Ringler wrote:
> 
> Bonnie,
>         This would be extraordinarily early for a migrant Rose-breasted
> Grosbeak, but not impossible.  The other possibilities are that it is a
> summering non-breeding vagrant that is just wandering around the
> countryside, or it is a breeder that has started to move after nesting
> locally.  A few were found in the Piedmont during the Atlas.
>         Is it a male or female?  Just for the record.
> 
>                                 Bob Ringler

	Thanks for the info Bob. It was an adult male.