Show MRS STUDIES BIRD BIBB LIFE bird to eat cat fro from in the at size z 0 of pieces that robin could eat were almost most unbelievable I 1 never know knew a robin had such a big mouth and throat A beautiful bird will visit your feeding ground that you cant help but recognize the western evening grosbeak la Is one ot f the largest of the sparrow family 0 with a large powerful pale coloured of tha species to Is distinguished by a broad yellow bar on forehead large white patch in black wings whigs short black tall and black crown the female la is similar but much duller with a an ashy wash oyer over all and lacks the tha yellow forehead to those ot 0 f u ua who watch the grosbeaks gros beaks they are an amusing sight tho the large b bill ill seems out of 0 place on oil su such p h a beautiful bird one morning mornin 9 six al grosbeaks gros beaks our feeding fe e ding ground and stood watching g the junioes eat eal encouraged 9 ed b by y the busy feeding of the t I 1 1 a junioes jiin jun coes the grosbeaks gros beaks tried to pick food also their large bills pick u up D a 11 grain of cornmeal so they picked dirt sticks dead leaves we wa put out shelled peanuts for them but they picked up tip the shells instead pt the tints nuts grosbeaks Gros beaks like most any dried fruit and like to remove the seeds from old rotten tipples lett left hanging through the winter recently we watched twenty five ot of these handsome birds they seemed to be picking up small leaves I eaves and but closer observation showed they were picking up boxelder box elder seed pods and snipping oft off the seed sd to eat continued next week |