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-3.34 (-4.45 - -2.09)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
These gypsies of the bird world wander wherever they can find food, migrating west to east rather than north to south. Evening Grosbeaks are permanent residents in the Rocky Mountains from southeastern Yukon to southern Mexico, and in the boreal forest east to Newfoundland and south into the northcentral and northeastern US.
As a summer resident, the Evening Grosbeak appears to favour the more mature mixed and coniferous woodlands. Numbers increase substantially in areas infested with spruce budworm (Venier et al. 2009). During the winter the birds seek out areas that have Manitoba maples, green ash, fruit trees, and shrubs. They are readily attracted to bird feeders, especially if sunflower seeds are offered.
These birds are uncommon summer residents in the southern boreal forest, and probably in the lower Churchill River region of the northern boreal (Smith 1996). Summer records of 1-3 individuals during 10 of 48 summers at Good Spirit Lake suggest that they may occasionally summer and possibly breed in the parklands. During the winter they are common but irregular in the parklands and uncommon, local and irregular in the grasslands.
Original text by William Anaka. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Evening Grosbeak in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Evening Grosbeak in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=EVGR&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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