Evening Grosbeak Irruption Year
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Nice video, Lesley! Thanks! I'm overrun with Pine Siskins here in Nashville, TN. There have been a few Evening Grosbeak sightings nearby - I had one flyover at a nearby park - but I've never had one in my yard. Purple Finch and Red-breasted Nuthatch have all been around - now we need a Redpoll!
Hello there Lesley,
I am loving all your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world.
I had a wonderful experience on October 28th. I had a small group of Wandering Grosbeak's have morning coffee with me. I really was awestruck. But I managed to get some pictures, and a very shaky video
(no autographs though)
I'm going to report to e-bird right now.
Thank you
Happy birding😁
Hello Lesley! We live in Livelong Sk. For the past couple weeks we’ve been getting inundated with an Evening Grosbeak flock! They’re gorgeous, and love our feeders. I believe we’ve been seeing the “Red Pol” spelling? as well. I thought they might be Cassin’s, but not so sure now, since seeing this video with the Red Pol’s at the end.
Live in Ellijay, Georgia and have a flock of these around for about a week now.
Grosbeak: "'Unibrow? I consider it a racing stripe!"
teehee, and the shots from far away make them look like super cool shades. 😎
Lol, Cro-Magnon-beak.
Lol cute
More like a circlet
I was so excited to see the Evening Grosbeak at my feeders on November 2. I live in central New York.
We also had evening grosbeaks on that day. Central Massachusetts. So cool!
That’s wonderful! Utica NY area here. Have you seen any since? I have many finches of multiple varieties here. A gal can hope :-)
I have admired the Evening Grosbeak since childhood; but at 54 years of age had resigned myself to the fact that I may never see one in person. At around 5:00 P.M. on November 2nd, my wife excitedly called me to our kitchen window. When I looked out, I saw approximately 8-10 Evening Grosbeaks eating black-oiled sunflower seeds underneath my mounted EcoTough Classic Bird Feeder. They were only there for approximately 30 minutes-and have not seen them since. What a thrill it was to see them up close after all these years of birding!! We live in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. Thank you for your wonderful videos:)
@@mikesullivan84 That’s wonderful! We all have that “goal bird” we hope to see. I’m glad you were able to view yours, the story made me happy. 😊 (mine is an indigo bunting)
Southwestern Ohio here. I live in the edge of a small city and I saw several Grosebeaks early this past summer for the first time ever, and I’m 65! They came to my hopper feeders next to two maple trees. I was so excited. I posted about it on Facebook and found that quite a few people in my area saw some for the first time ever as well.
Thanks for sharing!
*This is the time of year I’m usually spending the fall at my off-grid cabin with my dad and birds...usually I get to see cedar waxwings, Grossbeaks & other migratory birds I only see at this time of year...but my dad passed away this year now I’m barely there. At least I can enjoy them here...thank Lesley*
I'm so truly sorry for your loss. Take care. ♥️
@@LesleytheBirdNerd thank you for the kind words Lesley, I miss him dearly..even though it’s been 10months...I still can’t believe he’s gone and we’ll never fish again :/
Maybe your dad will send a special message to you thru the birds on one of your trips to your off the grid home. My dad did for me thru a cardinal that landed on the windshield of my car while I was sitting in it. It looked right at me for a minute, chirped at me, then flew off. It seemed to happen in slow motion and I will never forget it. I know it was a message from him telling me he was happy and I should be too🥰.
@@cattailer1077 I hope so...cause I’m really lost without him...I think he’ sent a hummingbird to my sisters this summer cause this female hummer built a nest right outside my sisters patio and she was able to document the nest build to the hatching..it was pretty cool so maybe you are right !
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@@Whiteshell204 my Dad loved fishing too! His fav bird was the Kingfisher 😀. Every time I see one, it puts a smile on my face 💛. Any time you are fishing, your Dad is with you 💕special times never leave your heart 🥰
Years ago my dad fed Grosbeaks and they came in huge numbers! They would empty my dad’s large feeder in minutes. He would fill it back up as they waited in the huge maple tree in his yard!!! Thanks for bringing back those wonderful memories of my dad! I miss him dearly! 💖 👨👧
Thanks for sharing about your father feeding them. That's how it is here too, I've went through lots of seeds over the last 3 or 4 days 😄🐦
My dad had the same experience in 1971, the year he died. We are in Ga. and I always look for them but have seen only one or two. We had a few Rose Breasted Grossbeaks last year
I had never seen an evening grosbeak until Wednesday this week. I saw three males and three females at my feeders and I immediately looked them up, huzzah - evening grosbeaks! So elated, love seeing new visitors here in southern PA ❤️
That is awesome!
What handsome birds. Love the way they peel the seeds. Beautifully shot Lesley. Thanks
Another very interesting video 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
I am in Southwest Michigan. They just showed up today. Have never seen them before, did not know what they were. . LOVE THEM! GREAT VIDEO!
Learned a new word today: irruption. I always learn something new when I watch Lesley's videos!
I love your videos, Lesley! Thank you for all you do 🙏
You're most welcome thanks a lot for the nice comment. Take care 🐦🙂
Back in the early 60's in eastern Pennsylvania we had several years of Evening Grosbeaks. Sometimes several dozens at a time. Spectacular
I want to thank you for posting your videos. This has been a stressful year. I find the birds and your tone of voice to be very calming. All that I can do to thank you is leave a thumbs up. I hope that it helps with the dreaded UA-cam algorithm.
You are so welcome. Yes the algorithm, by the time I figure out 1 things about it 10 more obstacles come up. thanks
Love their calls, I either die of cuteness, feel relaxation, and or smile. I wish I have them in my location.
I am in east-central Minnesota and not 20 minutes ago, for the first time ever I saw a female visit my feeder very briefly. What a special treat.
Two Evening grosbeaks stopped by briefly at my feeders just today! Northwestern mountains, Maine! What a delight! 😊🐤
We've lived here on our homestead in the country ( western ny) for 3 yrs now , this winter has been my first seeing these beauties! And we have a lot of them. Love your videos, thank you!
I was blessed or rather, am blessed by a flock of about 40 of them this winter, to my feeder. They have been bringing their appetites to my feeder for about 3-4 weeks now. I've never seen them here before, but their morning and mid-day song is welcome anytime, here in the Kootenays in B.C.
Both Wandering and Evening grossbeak are very romantic names! I adore their faces, the way the yellow stripe and enormous beak make for such a unique look.
And while as typical, the males are more flashy, the ladies are still very distinguishable.
I've seen large flocks of Evening Grosbeaks and Pine Siskins this year. Your bucket story reminds me of an incident that happened a couple weeks ago. I had half of a container with seeds in it that I use to fill up the feeder sitting 20 or 30 feet from where I was hand-feeding the Black-capped Chickadees. One of the chickadees went over to investigate it. Instead of going in the container, the chickadee hopped around it, cocked its head, hopped up on the edge, hopped back down, looked around, and cocked its head again. It was so cute and so were those Evening Grosbeaks in the bucket!
Aww those little dees are such sweeties. Cute story
Thank you so very, very much for all the wonderful uploads you have on your channel. Listening to your commentary on each species that you have on your videos helps me too, and reminds me to appreciate the wonderful array of beauty! Thank you Lesley!! I wish you good health, and peace. 😊😀
wes thankyou so much
I live in Portland Oregon and last week I had a group of about 45 Pinesiskins at and under my feeders. Feeding frenzy!
I have had a flock of Evening Grosbeak for the first time at my feeders about 3 weeks ago! I was so excited!! Southeast NB, Canada
I had a small flock of grosbeaks at my feeder in the East Kootenays about a week ago 😊. Such a beautiful colourful addition. I also had a large flock of Pine Siskens most of the late summer and fall
While i no longer am able to feed birds, seeing these birds brings back memories of having my feeders cleaned out each day by tree fulls of Evening Grosbeak. This was closer to the rockies, west of Edmonton. Thanks for putting these videos up !
I had a flock of approx 25 Pine Siskin in San Antonio today.
Lesley, thank you so much for posting this wonderful video! I have never seen an Evening Grosbeak. They are gorgeous. We get an occasional Rose-breasted Grosbeak at our feeders and I love seeing them. We live way out in the country, in the middle of 5,000 acres of peaches so I have been trying to attract the Orioles, even purchasing an Oriole feeder. Hopefully, this year we will get some. When we lived in the middle of a small town, we had so many lovely birds and I wonder why we don't have them out here. We only move 30 miles. We don't see the Cedar Waxwings, which we love, nor do we see the Indigo Buntings. Thanks for sharing your incredible talent with us. You are just amazing!
Best of luck with the Oriole, I wish we had them here what a beautiful bird
Back in the 90's, I used to see them at my feeders in Candia,NH. I hadn't seen them for a long time. It would be nice to see them again.
Thank you for this wonderful video and be safe.
I always loved seeing these cuties on my feeder :) their yellow coloring is so striking!
Thank you Leslie! You make all of our lives so much better, with all you contribute :)
This past summer, we had a bunch of those at our feeder here in Western Wa. 😊
You are so welcome!
Pine Siskins have been hanging around my feeder in Challis, Idaho. Mostly finches (house), Chickadees (black cap and mountain) and junkos - but an occasional blue jay, Northern Flicker and even a pair of ruby crowned kinglets. My 12 year old son and I watch the birds everyday. We also get quite a few hawks, and eagles in the winter and spring. It’s wonderful to live where they want to live as well ♥️😍 we prefer neighbors that fly 😉👍🏻
Is Ebirds a better site to use over the Cornell lab’s Merlin Bird ID app? We are hooked on the Cornell app ans we use it daily to ID/report and count our bird sightings.
Both are great and are used for different things. It all depends on what you are doing. If you want to report a bird that you seen in your yard that, for an example is rare or uncommon for your area, eBird is the site to use. It is a database of bird observations providing scientists, researchers and amateur naturalists with real-time data about bird distribution and abundance.
If, however, you want to get an ID of a bird you just seen or took a photo of then Merlin Bird ID app is the one you want to use.
I hope this helps :) Happy birding
Yes I've had quite a few. But I haven't seen any since last week. They are beautiful! Very cute sticking out of the bucket. I finally did see one male Cardinal. Great video. 😊👍
How cool about seeing a male cardinal. ♥️
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Yes for sure. I will do my best to attract more. Maybe he'll tell his family and friends and stop by for a snack 😊💓
No evening grossbeaks in my area in central Indiana. Would love to see them though. Love your shows !
How cool it would be if one or more ended up in your location
Want to see this gorgeous bird too! Saw many Pine Siskin at Lake Monroe about 2 weeks ago.. south central Indiana
It’s very busy in my yard this time of year! I have seen Purple Finch, White Breast Nuthatches, Blue Jays, Blackcap Chickadee, Cardinals, and many more! I absolutely love my birds and it seems like through winter is when I see so many birds that I don’t normally see!! It brings me so much peace to help them out through winter!
Revisiting this video from a year ago. It seems it's another irruption year. Evening Grosbeaks have been widely reported across my home state of Pennsylvania once again. I have yet to see any although they are being reported in the county. I have the feeders full! Love your videos, Lesley! Keep up the great work.
I haven't seen any of the birds on your video but I love learning about them. Thanks Lesley!
The Grossbeak is quite striking with its stripes, colors and beak.
They appear stocky to me. Glad they take care of the caterpillars -
Stephanie
I'm so you got enjoyment watching even though you dont have those birds in your area. Thanks for commenting. Take care 🐦🙂
2020's not all bad. I found this channel!
Saw them today in the Laurentians of Quebec, amazing to see, I love them.
So cool!
I will never forget when I was a child, an Rosebreasted Grosbeck paid a visit to our feeding station.
How cool. Would love to see one of those
I was about 8 years old and one spring morning in Maine I stood and watched one singing his heart out in the woods just outside our clearing. It was the prettiest song I've ever heard, I will never forget that. Love the rose-breasted grossbeak!
@@JesseDishner One time a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak stayed the winter here in Houston Texas.
Here in Akron, Ohio, two summers ago, we had three pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks visiting our feeder. This past summer only saw perhaps one pair. Their last visit was late August. Always is a bit sad to realize they are gone for the season. So beautiful!
One of my favorite birding memories is standing beneath a Rose Breasted Grosbeak in the top branches of a small tree, as it sang its song for us over and over, a spectacular performance. We're lucky enough to usually have a pair or two visit our feeders during the summertime.
Some just showed up near me in central North Carolina! I've had my black oil sunflower seed out for a while, they'll find it soon.
Awww, birdie unibrow!😂 we have tons of Pine Siskins this year! No grosbeaks yet-will keep watching. Thanks for all the info!❤️
I live in Albany, Oregon. Over the years a small flock of Pine Siskins. This year a large flock has been using my feeders. They are very friendly and are the last birds to leave the tube feeder when I go outside to refill. It always cheers me up when they are in my backyard. I enjoy your videos and love for birds.
Thanks Will
Saw Evening Grosbeaks in a flock of about 20 on our feeders just this past Saturday in Northern Wisconsin
Beautiful!! The bucket was the best🙂 thank you so much🙏🙂
I was most surprised to sea LOTS of Evening Grosbeaks a few hours north of Quebec City once! They were on the lawn of a Northerly household, looking as calm a could be! Wow! Never saw such a spectacle here in Wash. DC! :)
Thank you so much for this video! Since December 2022 and present 2023 my husband and I have been watching up to 50 Evening Grosbeaks share our feeders with our black cap chickadees, red breasted nuthatches, blue jays and One white breasted Nuthatch as well as One purple finch and woodpeckers as well. This video tells us so much more about the Evening Grosbeaks than our current bird watching book! Thank you!!
I've only seen them one time when I was a kid back in the 70s here in PA. I think there was about 40 of them. What a beautiful sight.
The evening grosbeaks in the bucket really were so cute! My gosh, with their little heads poking out and all. Glad you caught that on camera and thanks for sharing with us as always, Lesley.
Right?! Like oh my gosh, can they get more adorable? haha! I'm so glad that you enjoyed part, it is a treasure for sure. Hope you are doing well thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Take care
Just saw a good dozen Evening Grosbeaks today in Northern Michigan!
I've never seen them before, but I knew Lesley would have all the details 😊
I'm in central Ohio hopefully they're coming this way I'll be looking for them
I had a large flock of evening grosbeaks swarming my feeders here in Fennville, Michigan. What a joy!
I saw these today and yesterday!
It's funny that you post this now because I saw one for the first time ever today at my black oil sunflower feeder in Pennsylvania! (Luzerne County) Gorgeous birds! I hope to see more tomorrow. I really want to get a good photo.
Aww no way, how awesome. I hope you get that photo 🐦
Nice! Seems they are working their way to Philly!
These are rare here in Richmond, Virginia, but I keep hearing about sightings. Finally this morning I spotted them - a flock of 26 or more at the edge of a wooded area. And some of them were pilfering chicken feed from a backyard chicken coop too. Such incredibly charming birds; I was so delighted to finally get to see them. Thanks, Lesley, for the insight into why they've been showing up here in Virginia this year!
I was so excited to have a flock of Evening Grosbeaks at my feeders on Sat. Nov. 14th in Halifax. It was the first time in 10 years of feeding birds....it was awesome....stopped me in my tracks as I stood and watched them hover at three main feeders....made my day.
These birds made there way to my feeders about 3 weeks ago...this was our first time seeing these guys. Was amazing!! From manitoba Canada, feb 2022
We spotted these beautiful birds today 11/21/20 and a few weeks ago at our bird feeders in Colebrook, NH. Males and females in flocks of 8 - 12. Only stayed about 10-15 minutes. What a treat!!!
10 yesterday in WV's western panhandle. Thanks for the great videos!
I had a crowd of these cute guys descend on my feeders in central Maine briefly about a week ago. I haven't seem them before or since.
I'm in midcoast area, I haven't seen them this year. Interesting.
I have three males here right now at my feeder here in Virginia. I am so excited to see them. They are gorgeous.♥️♥️♥️
There were Evening Gosbeaks in Springhill NS at our feeders today. Beautiful birds.
Wonderful video about a wonderful bird! When I was young in north central MN we had these birds in large numbers but I have not seen one in 30 years. Maybe this year? Thank you so much for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
They are so beautiful. I have not seen any at my feeders yet. I am in Ontario. Thanks for the information 😃
Lots of Evening Grossbeaks in central Maine. Love feeding them ❤
I’ve got a bunch of them at my feeders in Northeast, Alabama ( Scottsboro). First time ever seeing them, in twenty + years of feeding birds. I’m so excited! ♥️
oooh, these babies are rather cute.
only their cousins, the black headed grosbeak, visits my backyard. and only in the summer.
love your videos, L.
Yesterday for the first time here in central Maine where I live... many years ago I saw flocks of 50 or more in South Central Pennsylvania back in the mid 90s. A beautiful bird indeed!!!
OOOOOO!!!! I hadn't ever seen these birds at my feeders all year here in Central Maine, but there are three sitting on the feeder outside my window right now! Thanks for teaching me about this birds! They are BEAUTIFUL!
Thats awesome. Thanks a lot for stopping by and leaving a comment
I live in Maine have had the Evening Grosbeaks here since mid October. Love watching them🙂
We have a giant flock in our back yard. They are all over my deck and in my feeders. I just love watching them and seeing their different colours and markings. They are all such individuals. Lots of blue jays here too along with yellow and purple finches. I can’t forget the chickadees and nut hatches and my little woodpecker. It has been very entertaining at the feeders this year. My cat’s are loving birdwatching through the window. My little Oushi comes crying to me when they have left. I think he thinks of them as his friends.
Thank you so so much for these videos. They are a refuge from all the craziness going on.
You are very welcome! Glad you like them
This video is so timely! I recently noticed birds at my platform feeder that I had never seen before. They were evening grosbeaks! I built the platform feeder for the red breasted grosbeaks that live here, I had never seen evening grosbeaks before. They are stunning! What a gift to see them. They only stuck around for a couple of days. I hope they return again in the future. How amazing that they can live so long too. I live an hour south of Rochester, NY.
you are very fortunate. I have been feeding birds for over 40 years and have never seen one. nice video.
Omg they are so beautiful!!! I haven’t seen any in my backyard yet. It’s so wonderful to see them in your videos ❤️😍
I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing one of these guys yet. I finally saw a Rose-breasted Grosbeak this past summer though!
Now those are the kind of "snowbirds" I don't mind coming to Florida. :)
Aww 🌈
We've got a farm in Meadowlands, MN and have seen groupings of Evening Grosbeaks as large as 50! What a treat. They're currently regulars, and often get swarmed by them. We were getting Pine Siskins in groups up to 25 and for one week saw a few Redpolls. eBird is such a wonderfully scientific tool to use to keep track of bird migration!
Oh wow how awesome that you have so many visiting.
Very beautiful grosbeaks! 🐦😍☺️ Good movie! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I have quite a few Evening Grosbeaks in my backyard here in central Nova Scotia. They are a delight to watch and are such hearty eaters.
Beautiful birds 😀
Winter of 2018/2019 evening grosbeaks literally invaded my feeders, really sweet to see them here in eastern Ontario not far from the Quebec border. I happily fed the flock of around 30 birds plus my other regulars all winter. This year I’ve only got.one pair coming every day, so far. I’ve also had the BlueJays and even Chickadees fly into my pails to get the peanuts they can’t wait for me to load into the feeder as I always wipe them down first. Very sweet to see a little Chickadee take a small piece of peanut and fly off to the nearest tree to enjoy it.
Grosbeaks returned to our feeder this year also! We hadn’t seen them in several years! Interesting information! We are in the white mountains in N.H.
Pine Siskins, Red-breasted Nuthatches and Purple Finches have all been at my feeders in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario. Haven't seen any Redpolls or Evening Grosbeaks yet. Hopefully soon.
same here with the Redpolls, I hope to see them again soon
Great footage as always Lesley! Thank you for sharing the birds with us!💖👌👍😎JP
You're so lucky to have grossbeaks ! Here we occasionally get a black/red grossbeak and it's always a lone male and it just makes my week to see one at my feeder.
I believe that's the rose breasted grosbeak. I would love to see one, you're so lucky ♥️🐦
@@LesleytheBirdNerd ah I think you are right. I forgot what they were called as they are so rare at our property but I've looked them up in my bird book before. Its either red or rose colored. They are truly beautiful and I love the large beaks they have as they snatch seeds. Very beautiful but so rare and we definitely don't have the numbers or breed you have. I think you are the lucky one haha.
Saw about 10 of them last night. Northern Michigan near the Lake Huron shoreline. Absolutely beautiful bird. Never seen them before. I got very excited.
I had a flock of Evening Grosbeaks at my platform feeder today in Angel Fire, NM. Beautiful birds 🐦!
I just saw my 1st one in Central NY. Spring 2023.
Made my day
Evening Grosbeaks were early here this fall, started coming to the feeders in mid-Oct. We're in the Southern Adirondacks, Cold Brook, NY.
Was lucky enough to see an evening Grosbeak a week or two ago. Crashed into the window, but after a minute or two of rest he was back at the feeder with the others. Never seen one before. Stunning bird!
no pun intended? lol
glad he was ok
I loved your video! We are thrilled, here in Northern Vermont to see evening grosbeaks come to our feeders! It has been over 5 years since we have seen them!
Awe thankyou.
Thats awesome you have them back after 5 years!
We had these little beauties for the first time ever last week. I’m in northern Mn., about 60 miles south of Canadien border.
Awesome. 🐦🙂
Brilliant reporting, educating, documenting - THANKS for the superb content.
Many thanks!
North Central Wisconsin here - we were very happy to see these birds at our feeders Nov 17th. It started with a pair and then about 12 the next day.
So sweet and lovely to watch these Evening Grosbeak captures my friend interesting information .Thank for the delightful share Lesley. Enjoyed as always Irene.💙🌳
Thanks Irene gad you enjoyed
I live in Fort Oglethorpe,Georgia I have seen all fall and winter so far a lot of the birds you mentioned in this video. I feed them on my window seal. Love the sounds of the finches and chickadees while eating. Thanks for the videos you make. I have learned so much watching them.
Thats awesome, glad your like them and are learning a few things along the way
Beautiful and amazing close photography - thanks.
Many thanks!
I always love your video's and get excited when I see a new one has come out. Thank you for making them.
Glad you like them!
We live in Southern Ontario and we live on a ravine lot with a riparian forest.tjis year the nuthatches have been abundant! Also both downy and hairy backed woodpeckers are constantly at our feeders. I saw my first northern flicker this past spring Leslie! We also had a wild turkey visit and a barred owl is around as well..we live in Central Oshawa just about 40 min from Toronto.. this yard has given us so much pleasure in the last 20 years.
awe thats awesome I hope you get many years of joy from it. thanks for commenting
Cute bird