If you don't mind answering a question from a rank amateur, I would really
appreciate it! My husband and I just returned from a few days birding at
Chincoteague, and had a wonderful time. It was windy enough that we could
actually walk around the wildlife loop without being bothered by mosquitoes,
and on the way back around, in that row of trees near the pony overlook, we saw
and heard a bird singing loudly in plain view from the road. Unfortunately, we
had left our bird books in the car, but reviewing them later we were convinced
it was a black-headed grosbeak. The next day my husband went bike riding with
our daughters and saw him again in the same spot. Our hesitation is that a
black-headed grosbeak is a rare/unusual sighting at Chincoteague. My question
is, has there been a black-headed grosbeak confirmed there by "real" birders
this year? Thank you so much for your thoughts on this!
Betty W.
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