bluezzzzz wrote:
Where do they winter?
I'm confused. I guess that KY is about as far south as they range, and are now working their way back north to winter breeding grounds.
Does that sound correct?
Marshall
I am not sure, but from what I have read they wander around North America. They range as far south as central Mexico.
"Irregular migrant. When cone crops in northern coniferous forests are poor, Evening Grosbeaks 'irrupt' in fall and spend the winter far south of their normal range. These irruptions formerly happened every 2–3 years in the eastern United States but have become less frequent, particularly in the East, since the 1980s. Western subspecies migrate to lower elevations for the winter."