Re: [Maine-birds] Re: (Maine Birds) PIGR Mating displays and quiet Whisper Song" on Mount Desert Island

I'm sure it's been said before, but I'll say it again: I encourage everyone to submit their Pine Grosbeak sightings, and other irruptive birds (and all your bird sightings, for that matter) to Ebird. In addition to being a great resource for birders trying to find species, it gives scientist lots of data to use to try to understand trends different species, and makes it really easy to track the arrival and departures of migrants.

David Rankin

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Norman Famous <nfamous@maine.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

I encourage everyone to keep reporting pine grosbeaks and other finches.  Micheal, this was a interesting story.  I am sure I will report the next bunch that I run into.

Each year we should tally up the number of winter finch and other eruptive species reports by species.  There must be a threshold level for reports that correlates with a true invasion, red-breasted nuthatches and waxwings included.  Also, they map the range and seasonality of the invasion (e.g., early vs. late winter, fall passage 'invasion').

Keep them coming!

Norm Famous.from Augusta

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Down East Nature Tours <info@downeastnaturetours.com> wrote:

Hello all,

 

I had a few errands to run this afternoon which took me across the Village Green in Bar Harbor.  I realized there were Pine Grosbeaks in the trees but than I noticed two break away and land at the other end of the Green where the male was perched above the female giving a long and quiet "whisper song" which I had not heard before.  It was a wonderful mixture of notes. Some photos taken .

 

I know for Norman it is another Pine Grosbeak story but we have not had them in such numbers for many years so it is a treat to see them lumbering around Bar Harbor. 

 

Michael

 

 

 

 

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