Participant Photo: Evening Grosbeak at my feeders!

Adult male Evening Grosbeak flew into my yard on Thanksgiving morning while we were settled in to watch the parade, Which means my husband was watching the TV while I watched the yard/feeders for birds. Suddenly it landed on a bare tree, then flew over to a Box Elder laden with seeds and began eating them. I grabbed my camera while shouting EVENING GROSBEAK!!!! numerous times. Then it flew over the Larch tree on which feeders hang, then onto the top of a squirrel proof feeder, finally landing on the seed catch basket I added to a tube feeder. It stayed and munched down sunflower seeds for 20+ minutes before it flew onto a nearby pear tree and preened before it departed. WOW! To date (12/27/2020) this is the ONLY Madison, Wisconsin Evening Grosbeak reported to eBird this Year. It is also one of only 4 reported sightings for the entire County this year (2 were heard only – one of those by several birders together while doing a hawk-watch). These are only photos for any Dane County sightings. ***Interestingly a male was reported about 20 miles west of my house the following morning at a feeder in Jefferson County… I wonder if the same bird?