Evening Grosbeak

[Andrew Lamberson]

Another inhabitant of Minnesota's boreal forests is the Evening Grosbeak. Always present in the Sax-Sim bog area in small flocks, there was an "interruption" of thousands of birds coming south to the bog from the Canadian boreal forests that just started a few weeks ago. They travel in very large flocks of males and females and were just about everywhere in the bog that had black spruce which inhabit the bog areas vs. dry soils.

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[Patrick M]

very nice. We don’t often see those shots of birds backs.

 

[BlackRockArt]

Another inhabitant of Minnesota's boreal forests is the Evening Grosbeak. Always present in the Sax-Sim bog area in small flocks, there was an "interruption" of thousands of birds coming south to the bog from the Canadian boreal forests that just started a few weeks ago. They travel in very large flocks of males and females and were just about everywhere in the bog that had black spruce which inhabit the bog areas vs. dry soils.
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I love the unusal feather pattern, almost like a painting.

Oliver

 

[Daniel Zdonczyk]

Great colors!

 

[NorthernFocus]

I've never seen this bird that I recall. Thanks for sharing.