Pine Grosbeak
For Pine Grosbeaks and all other birds for that matter, “only seasons mark the passage of time“. They don’t need clocks or calendars to tell them when it’s time to head back north for another breeding season up in Canada.
For the last couple of years I have been keeping track of when the Pine Grosbeaks leave Crane Lake. The last two years it was on March 15th both times. Now here it is the 12th of March so I have been watching intently. I just saw two female Pine Grosbeaks at the feeder, so they’re still here right now.
