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Blue Grosbeak Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: One of the most beautiful birds we have in South Dakota. They're rather unpredictable and sometimes hard to find, but they may pop up just about anywere.  When they are present, it's hard to miss them, given the brilliant coloring on the males.  This photo of a male on a barbed wire fence was taken on May 30th, 2015 near Lake Thompson, in Kingsbury County, South Dakota.

Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak 1 - Passerina caerulea Blue Grosbeak 2 - Passerina caerulea Blue Grosbeak 3 - Passerina caerulea Blue Grosbeak 4 - Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak 1

June 18th, 2006

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 2

June 18th, 2006

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 3

July 31st, 2008

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 4

August 1st, 2008

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 5 - Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak 6 - Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak 7 - Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak 8 - Passerina caerulea

Blue Grosbeak 5

May 26th, 2014

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 6

May 30th, 2015

Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 7

May 30th, 2015

Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 8

June 7th, 2020

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 9 - Passerina caerulea  Blue Grosbeak 10 - Passerina caerulea  Blue Grosbeak 11 - Passerina caerulea  Blue Grosbeak 12 - Passerina caerulea 

Blue Grosbeak 9

June 7th, 2020

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 10

June 7th, 2020

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 11

June 7th, 2020

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 12

July 7th, 2019

Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 13 - Passerina caerulea  Blue Grosbeak 14 - Passerina caerulea  Blue Grosbeak 15 - Passerina caerulea   

Blue Grosbeak 13

July 7th, 2019

Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 14

July 7th, 2019

Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Blue Grosbeak 15

July 7th, 2019

Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota

 

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