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Blue grosbeaks have spectacular coloration.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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Blue grosbeak
(Guiraca caerulea)
Special in the bird world because of its spectacular blue coloration, the blue grosbeak is common across the southern half of the United States.
Its northern range extends through the Great Plains to the southern border of North Dakota.
At 6 to 7 inches long, it has a large, conical bill, and rust or buff-colored wing bars accenting its blue body.
Blue grosbeaks form flocks in late summer and fall before beginning their migration.
The nest is a cup of grass, rootlets and tree stems constructed 2 to 14 feet ...
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First observation of cavity nesting by a female Blue Grosbeak.
Magazine article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
; The Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea...Ingold 1993). Blue Grosbeaks commonly build...observed a pair of Blue Grosbeaks near the nest...captured a female Blue Grosbeak in the nest box...cavity nesting by Blue Grosbeaks, and (2) the...reports of female ...
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Visitors lift beaks in song
Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal
; ...wintering in Central and South America. The blue grosbeak is one of Bosque del Apache National...refuge tour loop, listen for the male blue grosbeak's melodic song, often coming from a...weedy areas with scattered trees. The blue grosbeak is a bit smaller than a robin. Another...
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Bird Tales with a Bite - Their "gross beaks" may be the reason for their renown, but these five species also have some interesting stories to tell.(grosbeaks)
Magazine article from: National Wildlife
; ...The South's delegate to this loosely related group is the blue grosbeak, which looks like the familiar indigo bunting on steroids...about bird distribution, was summoning Kenaga to see the blue grosbeak I had just added to my life list. In central Michigan? Unlikely...
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Common names often don't fit the bill
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Red-breasted merganser, hooded merganser, ruby-throated hummingbird, blue grosbeak, indigo bunting, hooded warbler, blackpoll warbler, cerulean...A female red crossbill is not red but greenish. A female blue grosbeak is as brown as a house sparrow. And adding to the confusion...
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Name game isn't as simple as it sounds
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Red-breasted merganser, hooded merganser, ruby-throated hummingbird, blue grosbeak, indigo bunting, hooded warbler, blackpoll warbler, cerulean...A female red crossbill is not red but greenish. A female blue grosbeak is as brown as a house sparrow. And adding to the confusion...
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Common names often don't fit bill
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Red-breasted merganser, hooded merganser, ruby-throated hummingbird, blue grosbeak, indigo bunting, hooded warbler, blackpoll warbler, cerulean...A female red crossbill is not red but greenish. A female blue grosbeak is as brown as a house sparrow. And adding to the confusion...
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It's not unusual to find common names that don't fit the bill
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Red-breasted merganser, hooded merganser, ruby-throated hummingbird, blue grosbeak, indigo bunting, hooded warbler, blackpoll warbler, cerulean...A female red crossbill is not red but greenish. A female blue grosbeak is as brown as a house sparrow. And adding to the confusion...
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Bird Sightings
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...three rose-breasted grosbeaks, four blue grosbeaks, and two Baltimore orioles. Similar...one rose- breasted grosbeak, and one blue grosbeak. Seabirds seen at Sandy Neck in Barnstable...East Gloucester, a purple martin and a blue grosbeak at Niles Pond in East Gloucester, 11...
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Calling all citizen birders
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...sedge wren were recorded in southern Pennsylvania, as were blue grosbeaks, which have been increasing their breeding base in the Commonwealth...Atlas also is demonstrating a dramatic expansion of the blue grosbeaks to the north and west. In this fieldwork, the state has...
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TINY FLYING SQUIRRELS APPEARING NIGHTLY IN BACKYARD PERFORMANCES.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...arrived. Liz Sills called to say she had seen a beautiful blue grosbeak at her feeder at the North End. Although Virginia Beach is...with its buff colored wing bars. Larger than a sparrow, the blue grosbeak has a large conical beak, like a cardinal, thus its name...
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