Two mornings ago while checking fruit trees I found a flock of pine grosbeaks enjoying fruit from one of the few pygmy crabapple trees that still has not been picked clean. The entire flock were female birds. I think all the male pine grosbeaks are already north of the border staking out prime breeding locations. Unlike us humans who do NOT like to eat the apple seeds, the grosbeaks consider that the tastiest part of the apple.

Female Pine Grosbeaks