Re: [MDOsprey] Winter birds a'coming

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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU wrote:

> In winter, Pine Grosbeaks should be looked for in abandoned orchards,
> plantings of ornamental crabapples (esp. if the fruit is frozen), and
> in rowan (Mountain Ash). They also sometimes come to feeders. I have
> actually never found them in pines in winter (at least in Maine).

Gail,

For what its worth, the only Pine Grosbeaks I have seen in the East were a
single species winter flock in conifers in NE Pennsylvania.  The area is
mostly Hemlock, but they were eating gravel from the road, so I do not
know what tree species they were using.

Dave

David Mozurkewich
Seabrook, MD  USA
dm@fornax.usno.navy.mil

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