Blue Grosbeak

Common Name: Blue Grosbeak

Scientific Name: Guiraca caerulea

Range: Breeds in California eastward to New Jersey and southward, and spends its winters in the tropics.

Habitat: Most of these birds are found near woodland edges, old overgrown fields, thickets, brambles, hedgerows, farmlands, mesquite, orchards, willows near streams and ditches, brushy roadsides. It is often seen perching on wires or fences.

Sometimes this bird uses snakeskin for nesting material and the bird usually gathers in large flocks to search for food.

Birds of Oklahoma. Web. 22 Feb 2011.
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