Today's Sports

Probably the question I am most frequently asked by people who have been feeding birds in the area for many years is, “Where have all the grosbeaks gone?” I wish I could give them a good answer, and I also wish I could bring them back.

First, I try to ascertain that they are referring to the evening grosbeaks because we have other grosbeaks in the area. Usually they describe them as the fairly big birds that are yellow, white and black, and used to come to feeders in droves.

With a coach like Scott Haebe and proven systems on offense and defense, the proverbial cupboard will never be bare for the Evergreen Cougars.

It was pretty cleaned out, however.

The Cougars lost six seniors to graduation and senior Maciah Herbert moved to California, leaving Evergreen with just Cam Tucker remaining from their top-eight players in terms of minutes played last season.

Under construction? Haebe might need a hard hat and some blinking orange safety lights around the gymnasium at the start of the season.

Gobble, gobble, gobble — it is once more Turkey Day. This huge bird was common over much of the Eastern states and came west along the shrubby area of the Plains watercourses. The adult males make the gobbling sound. The females call in a single yelp, and they both make a soft (“quit, quit”) call when feeding.

Probably the question I am most frequently asked by people who have been feeding birds in the area for many years is, “Where have all the grosbeaks gone?” I wish I could give them a good answer, and I also wish I could bring them back.

First, I try to ascertain that they are referring to the evening grosbeaks because we have other grosbeaks in the area. Usually they describe them as the fairly big birds that are yellow, white and black, and used to come to feeders in droves.