A Noteworthy Record and the Breeding Distribution of the Blue Grosbeak in North Dakota

Authors

Lawrence D. Igl, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research CenterFollow

Date of this Version

1995

Comments

Published in Prairie Naturalist 27(4): December 1995.

Abstract

The northern limit of the blue grosbeak's (Guiraca caerulea) breeding distribution occurs in southern North Dakota. Records of the blue grosbeak in North Dakota are uncommon. Here, I report my observation of a blue grosbeak at a site where the species was recorded 25 years earlier. A summary of the species' distribution and records in North Dakota are provided.