#blue grosbeak

[birbmania]

Blue grosbeak, male . . . Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware . . . 6/30/23

[swede1952]

Chestnut Accents in Blue

Blue grosbeaks (Passerina caerulea) are another species I'm hoping to see again this year, but so far nada.

"A large, vibrantly blue bunting with an enormous silver bill and chestnut wing bars, the male Blue Grosbeak sings a rich, warbling song from trees and roadside wires. He and his cinnamon-colored mate often raise two broods of nestlings in a single breeding season. A bird of shrubby habitats, these richly colored birds can be hard to spot unless you hear them singing first. They are widespread but not abundant across the southern U.S., and are expanding their range." - allaboutbirds.org

[spinus-pinus]

Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea

5/12/2023 Chino Hills State Park, California

[ambermaitrejean]

Blue grosbeak. June in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Photos by Amber Maitrejean

[alonglistofbirds]

[1377/10977] Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Emberizoidea Family: Cardinalidae (cardinal-grosbeaks)

Photo credit: Cheryl Rosenfeld via Macaulay Library

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Look for the grosbeak’s heavy bill and rust-colored wing bars.

COURTESY PAUL MOFFETT

[sebring5]

_DSF5956 by Henry Via Flickr: Blue grosbeak

[burkh4rt]

[stackofturtles]

A Blue Grosbeak! They are rare visitors to Massachusetts! So happy to see him while he's here! What a beautiful little man!

[balconybirds]

Sunday Birding 7/30/23

I had a lot of fun birding yesterday!  Saw some of my favorite birds and a few new ones!!

I didn’t see as many around the pond, but I still saw my favorite funky lil’ guy, the green heron:

You can also see a frog in the left hand corner!

Some juvenile red-winged blackbirds:

A mourning dove:

I’ve been spotted!

At the arboretum, had to take some pictures of some pretty flowers:

some water lilies:

you can see another frog in this one!

A wild Kansas sunflower:

Big flower:

A turtle, relaxing out of the water:

Another big flower:

A butterfly!  So pretty:

I saw so many of these guys out yesterday!  A male northern cardinal:

I saw some more snowberry clearwings too:

Another male cardinal:

A wood pewee.  There were two of these guys out, flying around, getting some bugs to eat:

A downy woodpeck, perched on top of a feeder:

A female cardinal, grabbing a treat:

A male indigo bunting!  I met and helped a really nice older couple find this guy too.  He was at the very top of the tree:

Some hummingbirds!

A male indigo bunting again, singing his little heart out:

Some pretty yellow flowers:

Some neat purple ones:

I thought this was a cool picture, an indigo bunting and an eastern bluebird:

I was SHOCKED when I saw this guy!  A blue grosbeak!!!  I almost confused him for an indigo bunting, but he’s too big, and you can see the brownish-red on his wings:

Some more water lily flowers:

Other neat flowers I saw:

A bee getting some pollen:

one last hummingbird:

[stickynotebirds]

64. Blue grosbeak

[birbmania]

Blue grosbeak, male . . . Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware . . . 6/30/23

[swede1952]

Cobalt Countryside Sentinel

Yesterday, I posted a photo of a rose-breasted grosbeak, here is a blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea).

As I've mentioned, I have a gallery of my favorite photos at: https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

Go there and take a look. Prints are for sale along with other doodads and I suppose it is kind of a business for me. But it's the kind of business where I don't care whether I sale anything or not. If you want something, by all means you are welcome to make a purchase. But I just want you to visit and maybe mark your favorites or leave a comment. Cheers 😄

[spinus-pinus]

Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea

7/14/2023 Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Colorado

[birdblues]

Blue Grosbeak

[wingedjewels]

Blue Grosbeak, male by Jay Packer Via Flickr: Castro County, TX