Saturday, January 12, 2013

Evening Grosbeaks!

It has been quite a long time since I have posted.  Life has finally settled down a bit, so I decided, since I had some good material, I would put together a post.

We drove for a little over an hour southeast of  Indianapolis to see Evening Grosbeaks. They have been hanging out at some feeders at the Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary in Connersville, IN.

When we arrived at 8:30 am, we were told they had observed 6 Evening Grosbeaks around 8 am. Usually, we were told, they come back about every 15 to 20 minutes. So, we waited patiently... And waited...And waited. Finally, around 10 am, five of the flock returned. Four are on the feeder below. Three males and one female in this image. The males have the yellow "eyebrow".


We observed one lonely female that was rejected when she approached the feeder. The others chased her away.  Maybe she chews her food too loudly. :) She patiently waited for her turn at the feeder.


The others left, so she got her chance and the feeder all to herself.  What a beauty!


4 comments:

  1. Red Maple TreeJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:22 AM

    Since long I heard the evening grosbeaks of birds. They are lost from our nature.

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  2. Ostrich FernFebruary 6, 2013 at 9:26 AM

    The Birds looking so cute. They are looking as they are gossiping. Thank you so much sharing so beautiful post.

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  3. LöpbandMarch 28, 2013 at 11:52 PM

    You are really a hard working person. You wait long time to create this post. This is really wonderful job. The birds are looking so cute.

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  4. Fritillaria imperialisMay 23, 2013 at 3:12 AM

    The birds are really so beautiful. The gathering like really rear. This really a beautiful post. Thanks.

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