[Birdtalk] Blue Grosbeak- Cache Valley (almost)

[Buck Russell]

This evening I found a beautiful male Blue Grosbeak.  I saw it first in the top of a Willow tree and then on the top of a tall weed (hey I can barely figure out these birds, let alone our native plants) in a field.  The Blue Grosbeak is in the same area where they have been seen in recent years.  The bird was in the area just east of Early Park on the Cache Valley/Box Elder county line.  Unfortunately for my Cache Valley list, the bird was on the Box Elder side of the line, but I could see Cache County from where the bird was located, hmmm .... maybe..... no, it was definitely Box Elder.   To get to Early Park, go west out of Logan on the Valley View highway (also known as state route 30) and turn south at the Box Elder county sign (2400 North).  This hard top road will dead end on a dirt road, go south about a tenth of a mile following the Early Park signs, then turn west on 400 west.  The bird was in the ravine at the bottom of the hill (about two tenths of a mile on 400 West).  I made a nice photo of the bird (not magazine quality, but  it is a keeper).
Thanks.
Buck Russell
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