Only adult, male Blue Grosbeaks (passerina caerulea) are actually blue. Juvenile and female Blue Grosbeaks are light brown. It is a good practice to familiarize oneself with the appearance of females of species to be a more effective birder. They are larger than Indigo Buntings. Perkasie is on the northern edge of their summer breeding range. They winter in the tropics. They feed mostly on insects and seeds, sometimes foraging along the ground, sometimes snatching insects out of the air in mid-flight.
Family: Cardinals / Grosbeaks / Buntings
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