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Rose-br. Grosbeak plumage, Balt. Oriole



Yesterday, had 2 female and 3 male Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks in close view on a platform feeder.  
Noticed that one of the males had brown, not black
primaries.  Everything else about him looked like the
other males.

Looked in Sibley and on page 467 he shows a 1st summer
male Black-headed Grosbeak with similar brown primaries
on an otherwise black and white wing.  Just thought it was 
interesting, and hadn't ever noticed it before on the Rose-
breasteds in the spring.

Also, saw a male Baltimore Oriole foraging in the top of a 
cherry laurel (?) along the driveway.

Shelley

Shelley Theye
N. Chatham County, NC
veery@bellsouth.net