[TN-Bird] Photo of Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Shady Valley feeder, Johnson Co., TN

From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:19:35 -0400


















                                                                                
          (Photo by Todd Eastin)
From: Todd and Lynn Eastin
To: Wallace Coffey
Cc: Kathleen Britts
Subject: Emailing: June 10, 2012 009.jpg
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:55:22 -0400


Wallace,

Here's a shot of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak that I got just this morning at my 
feeder.  Rather colorful with the Cardinal at no extra cost!

Todd [Eastin]
[Shady Valley, TN]

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From: Todd and Lynn Eastin
To: Wallace Coffey
Cc: Kathleen Britts
 John and Lorrie
 Jen Connors
Subject: The Grosbeak
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:53:28 -0400

Hey Wallace, I just read the summer status of the R-B Grosbeak in Bird Study of 
Shady VAlley and realized our sighting of it may be of some significance this 
far into June.  What do you think?
The bird was seen at our deck feeder around 8AM.  This, of course, is right at 
our house situated in the middle of forest but with open space of 100 or more 
feet from main forest canopy.  There are additional trees offering canopy 
connections between our house and the forest.   The elevation is about 3,100'.

Todd

Note:

This message posted TN-Birds 5:19 p.m.
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 07:59:36 -0400

A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak visited my feeder this morning.  Didn't have the 
camera at hand.  But I would have missed it altogether but for my wife's 
looking up at just the right moment.  That's a first at the feeder.  What a 
gift!

Todd Eastin
Shady Valley, TN
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NOTES FROM WALLACE COFFEY  SUN. 10 JUNE 2012  5:07 P.M.

(1.) I am not sure if I remember seeing a photo of a male Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak coming to a local feeder either this far into June or in June at all.  
Considering Todd lives at 3,100 ft. elevation and on Iron Mountain, having this 
species in his yard is about 400 to 500 feet lower than what we have been 
finding in recent years at this season.  In our book on Bird Study in Shady 
Valley, Tennessee 1934-1999, John Shumate and I wrote it was distributed above 
3,000 feet elevation in summer.

(2.) In a ms. by Rick Knight which has been submitted to THE MIGRANT,  relative 
to the 2011 TOS Foray which was held on 10-12 June in Shady Valley, Knight 
wrote in the species account:

"Rose-breasted Grosbeak  (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  Eight were found, all above 
3500 ft on Iron and Holston Mountains.  Wetmore (1939) reported this species 
from both mountains.  Coffey and Shumate (1999) described it as an occasional 
summer resident, with only a few records in the 1960s.  Eighteen were reported 
on the 1976 Foray." 


Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN

[TN-Bird] Photo of Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Shady Valley feeder, Johnson Co., TN

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