[obol] Bathing Pine Grosbeaks

[david smith]

Saturday Sandra and I snowshoed into Todd Lake with Bend Birders Dean Hale, 
Peter Lowe, and Steve from Redmond on a beautiful day. At the outflow of 
Todd Lake we saw 5 Pine Grosbeaks around us for about 10 minutes. That was 
followed by a 10 minute bath(the birds; not us) in a pool with a couple 
twigs for perches. At 40',in the sun, we could see a pretty male, 3 
russet-capped(bronze) and 1 "yellow head" type female all together. The 
regular nutcrackers, GR & ST Jays, siskins... were around also. Great Day; 
thanks BBC/ECBC.  David Smith

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