Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road


Tag: blue grosbeak nest

  • Blue Grosbeak Nest

    ,

    It is composed of fine dried grasses, which are more carefully arranged towards the interior, and is lined with a few delicate fibrous roots, dried moss, or horse-hair. There are seldom more than four eggs, but two broods are raised in the season. ~John Jame Audubon describing the nest of a Blue Grosbeak, 1844 The Read more…