[obol] Pine Grosbeak (maybe), NW Portland

[Wink Gross]

I have not seen the Pine Grosbeaks in my neighborhood since
the one time this past Thursday, but this morning I think I
heard one flying over the lower end of Pittock Lane (the Pittock
Mansion's driveway).

The call was a thin "qui-lee", that matches fairly well with the last
calls (montanus ssp.) on the Stokes "Field Guide to Bird Song--Western
Region".

I heard the same call last Tuesday up at the Mansion, but could not
locate the bird that time, either.  At the time, declaring it to
be that of a Pine Grosbeak seemed like a long shot.  I'm a bit
more confident now.

Wink Gross
Portland