On 10 April 1973, I received a telephone call from Mrs. Molly Curlee of Atlanta, informing me of the presence of a Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) at her home. On 11 April the bird returned and observations were made at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Curlee, 5342 Saffron Drive, Atlanta, Georgia. The single, male grosbeak was observed by Mrs. Curlee, Ray Simons, photographer for Fernbank Science Center, Georgann Schmalz, Ginny Chatelain and myself, biologists at Fernbank Science Center. The grosbeak was viewed from Mrs. Curlee's kitchen window which was approximately 35 ft from the feeder. This observation was made at 2:45 p.m. under clear skies; wind, 0-5 mph. The duration was I hr. The bird flew from a nearby tulip poplar tree to one of Mrs. Curlee's feeders, aggressively running off Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater), Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus), American Goldfinches (Spinus tristis), Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina), and Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis). Ray Simons made photographs with a Nikon F, 35 mm camera with 300 mm lens on Kodachrome II at ASA 25. Shutter speed was 1/125th of a second, at F 6.3 (these photographs were examined by the Editor). Black-headed Grosbeaks are fairly common west of the Rocky Mountains, rarer in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Louisiana. It has been an accidental in New York State and Massachusetts according to Peterson (A field guide to the birds, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1947). To my knowledge this is the first documented sighting of the Black-headed Grosbeak in Georgia.