Breeding Birds of North Dakota

Blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea (Linnaeus))

Breeding Range. Hypothetical. The possibility of breeding status is suggested by records of males during the breeding season. These records are listed as follows:

July 27, 1954--One recorded along Maple River in Cass County about 4 miles south of Chaffee (C. Knedel).
June 30, 1964--A singing male recorded at Washburn in McLean County (RES).
June 27, 1966--An adult male recorded in a shelterbelt in Stutsman County about 4 miles east of Jamestown (RES).
July 28, 1966--An adult male observed along Little Beaver Creek in northwestern Bowman County (R. L. Kroodsma).
June 23, 1967--An adult male recorded in Emmons County about 16 miles west-southwest of Strasburg (RES).