Evening Grosbeaks, Wexford Co.

[Russell Emmons]

Matt: I think you are correct.  Some years back there was a breeding 
population west of Grayling around Lake Margrethe. I think I heard there are 
a few still around (Arrowhead Drive?) Of course there was the well known 
breeding population at/around Whitefish Point. (Are they still there?). We 
had a small local breeding population not far from our family cottage in NE 
Kalkaska county a few years back but have since disappeared. Down here in 30 
years we've only had Evening Grosbeaks visit our feeders about 3 times and 
for just a day or so.

Russ Emmons, St. Clair county


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <anhinga at tm.net>
To: <mich-chat at envirolink.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:58 PM
Subject: Evening Grosbeaks, Wexford Co.


> Since there have been a few posts about the scarcity of Evening Grosbeaks,
> I thought someone might be interested to note that three females have been
> coming to a feeder in southern Wexford County for the past couple of
> weeks.
> Over the past several years, I have had a few Grosbeaks show up at my
> feeders in northern Osceola County (within a few miles of the location
> noted above)in years when they were otherwise scarce around the state. On
> at least two years, I've also had them at my feeders in summer, which
> makes me wonder if we might have a local breeding population in the
> Manistee national forest that accounts for these "aberrant" grosbeaks.
> Matt Johnstone
>
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