Date: 04/12/2008

Number: 1

I had a visitor at my feeder today that let me know that spring is really here even though we are having black-berry winter. It was a male rose-breasted grosbeak. I checked last years calendar and this sighting is 11 days ahead of last year. I thought I had heard their "squeak" a day or so ago but I actually saw him today. I love their regal markings of black and white with a red bib. My granddaughter and I spent a lot of time at the window watching him gobble up sunflower seed. They pass through here every spring and fall and are always a welcome sight.

Tuscumbia, AL

Latitude: 34.7 Longitude: -87.7

Observed by: Patricia
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