[CT Birds] Fwd: Pine Grosbeaks

[Linda & Steve Broker]

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> From: Linda & Steve Broker <ls.broker at cox.net>
> Date: December 9, 2007 12:17:36 PM EST
> To: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport at msbx.net>
> Subject: Re:  Pine Grosbeaks
>
> From Steve Broker and Bob Mitchell:
> 12/9 - East Hartland -- 20 PINE GROSBEAKS (careful count) seen from  
> 10:03 A.M. t0 10:30 A.M. in all apple and crabapple trees on front  
> grounds of East Hartland Town Hall and Elementary School and across  
> Route 179 to larch and maple trees in front yard of house #27,  
> apple tree behind this house, and top of Eastern White Pine behind  
> and right of Post Office, also in deciduous trees and on wires  
> along road in front of Post Office.  Original count was of 9 birds,  
> with additions coming in from wooded areas distantly behind and  
> also to the immediate right of the elementary school.  Maximum 13  
> birds at one time in right hand crabapple in front of Town Hall,  
> with 7 other Pine Grosbeaks in trees in front of elementary  
> school.  Slightly more adult males than females.  Associated birds  
> were American Robins, Cedar Waxwings, and European Starlings.