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. : (

Congrats on those photos! Claire, I'm thinking the male looks a bit juvenile still...he's got brown spots on his top back. The mature one we had at our feeder didn't have any speckling like that on his black part. The underbelly didn't have any speckling either. I found this cool link when I was searching out the bird...it shows juvenile & mature descriptions with pics. Here is a link that might be useful: rose breasted grossbeaks

Cathy you will have to check out my Oriole Family Photos post to see the Orioles here. Yesterday we had seven baby Orioles on the deck, they are so dang cute! Donna

Caroline- Maybe I should switch some of my feeders from a 'nesting' mix which has added dried fruit and nuts to the BOSS. The woodpeckers really like that mixture. I wonder if the grackles would be less interested in the sunflower seeds. I'd do just about anything to reduce their presence at the feeders and I'm not too fond of doves either. As for upside eating- we have our suet feeder hung upside down and we're amazed at quickly the grackles and wrens learned the trick. Not all of them just some of the more clever ones. We're still waiting for our rose breasted to show up - but it only stays for a day or two and then is on it's way north but while it's here it sits at the feeder for a really long time.