Re: [Maine-birds] Waxwings and evening grosbeaks- in Liberty

The evening grosbeaks are certainly on the increase. The huge flocks of the 70's and early 80's may come again. Some of you my know they utilize spruce budworm caterpillars during breeding season and an increase in the budworm appears to have something to do with their return in flocks. Follow this link for an interesting read: 

Winter Finch Return Flight: The Budworm Kids - FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK finchnetwork.org

Respectfully,

Dana

Dana Valleau

72 Sherman Road

Liberty, Maine 04949

Mobile: (207) 215-4582

Email: danaburr67@gmail.com

On Nov 25, 2022, at 8:00 AM, spd...@gmail.com <spdbbh@gmail.com> wrote:

I've had a flock of 8-10 Evening Grosbeaks reliably visiting my platform feeder here in Liberty for about 2 weeks. This seems to be a big year for them as I have rarely seen them in the last 10 years. Also, this morning across the road I had a flock of 6-8 Waxwings- too far away to see if Cedar or Bohemian.

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