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Index of Subjects Thank you. I will erase this one then. We have gotten some April overshoots of this species before the main ones get here but not so far this year. Usually males or imm males. Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Apr 12, 2018, at 7:30 AM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> wrote: > > Chances are that this is a bird that over-wintered somewhere. This species usually arrives in May. > > Eric > > Eric L. Mills > Lower Rose Bay > Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia > Canada > Original Message > From: NancyDowd > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 07:15 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Lun. C > > > I have entered this sighting as our new First Arrival of RB Grosbeak in the NSBS SFA table http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals. > > Marg M thought the female she observed may have been too small and after examining photos, it was decided it was a female Purple Finch instead. Look-alike birds but generally face pattern, beak and size separate the two. > > The SFA table updates and changes all the time as new reports surface and old ones are scrutinized. Any input on sightings or entries in the table by birders is appreciated. This helps to make it accurate as possible. > > Nancy > >> On Apr 11, 2018, at 8:29 PM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> wrote: >> >> Anne reports a female- type Rose-breasted Grosbeak that visited one of our niger feeders this morning before being driven off by the very territorial Goldfinches. It did not come back to be photographed. >> >> Eric L. Mills >> Lower Rose Bay >> Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia >> Canada >
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