This past week I've found a few Blue Grosbeaks in Renville County: On 7-31 in northern Renville County, Pete Nichols, Ben Douglas, and I found two males at the intersection of 270th St and 840th Ave. This is one of the sites I found one at in 2014.
On 8-6 in southern Renville County, I found two males at the gravel pit on 200th St about a half mile north of CR 15 (an old BLGR site from 2012). Later that same day I found a third male along a private drive on the south side of CR 15 where 200th St meets CR 15. (close to an old BLGR site from 2013) On 8-2 at Gneiss Outcrops SNA in Chippewa County, I relocated a male Blue Grosbeak found earlier by Bill Marengo. Pics of the birds along with some of my thoughts on this bird's apparent range expansion are currently up on my latest blog post: http://www.aboywhocriedheron.com/2016/08/08/hey-minnesota-birders-go-find-a-blue-grosbeak/ Josh Wallestad Kandiyohi County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html