Sitting at the dinner table last night I was watching the birds come for their own suppers. I had spread some black oilers on the deck railing and refreshed their bath water in anticipation of watching them while we ate.

The fresh water was a big draw as any number of birds showed up for a quick bath. Then this bird arrived. She didn’t look like any of my regulars.

Bigger than a gold finch, about the size of a warbler, but not a yellow warbler.

Greenish gold with darker wings and a little tuft on white near her shoulder.

Luckily my camera was right behind me on the kitchen counter, and the bird wasn’t upset by my reaching for it.

All these shots are through a window, with reflections splashed across the image.

I think, based on my Michigan bird book, it’s a female Evening Grosbeak.

We’re not supposed to have them around here, though they were here a couple of winters ago. Mostly they live way up north. So it could be something else.

What do you think?