i live in southwest Colorado and get mostly evening grosbeaks and black headed grosbeaks and once in awhile a pine grosbeak. Back where you are you should get the rose breasted and the pine and the evening grosbeaks. here they come to the feeders starting in late april and nest nearby and stay till fall when they migrate south. they all love nuts and most seeds and fruit and berrys and mine love hulled sunflower seeds and boss and also the eat from a fruit tray with chunks of diced fruit and drink from the necter feeders. they hang around the same areas here as the orioles and tanagers and often see them feeding at the same feeders. i get bags of peanuts or spanish peanuts from a farm and ranch store and they can chomp down and break up bigger pieces of cracked corn because of their heavy beaks. but they also drink orange juice and eat the grape jelly often sharing with the orioles. and drink from the hummingbird or oriole necter feeders.

Just a reminder about Grosbeaks and tube feeders. Be sure the tops are secure and that Squirrels cant get them open. Grosbeaks will face dive in from the top and get stuck in them. I lost one last year. : (

WOW!! What an incredible variety of birds you have-and you know the locations of their nests, and keeping track of owl and hawk babies! I hope your friends and family pony up and help you purchase one of those high powered scope cameras that are supposed to come out this year. That way you can post amazing photos of intimate birds life without disturbing them. With my 400mm lens I have to get within a few yards of a bird to get a decent shot. As for people noticing wildlife, it must be experiential as well as cultural. If people have been exposed to birdwatching through their family, or through having bird feeders they might notice birds.Or not. My kids certainly heard all about it, but could care less. Since locals do their birding through a rifle scope they mostly notice game birds. In Mexico, people don't even SEE wildlife because animals don't matter there. Three foot iguanas can stroll around and nobody even glances at them. If I ask people the name of a bird, they don't know what I mean. In Haiti, most wild animals, including insects are "bete."

the grosbeaks here eat from the woodpecker block or the raisens and fruit and like berrys and do eat cracked corn or nuts or sunflower seeds. one male especially likes the oriole feeder and eats lots of fruit and drinks from the necter feeder