Nesting habits: Historically a bird of the West, this grosbeak has a range that expanded beyond the Rockies in the mid-1800s. By the 1920s, they were regularly spotted in New England.

Learn about the beautiful, but uncommon, blue grosbeak, including the bird's range map, diet, nesting habits, song and more. The post Get to Know the Gorgeous Blue Grosbeak appeared first on Birds ...

Evening grosbeak and pine grosbeak are both members of the finch family. However, they are not that closely related. The closest relatives of the pine grosbeak are house finches and purple finches.

The offspring of a scarlet tanager and rose-breasted grosbeak—distantly related birds whose evolutionary paths diverged 10 million years ago—was recently found in Pennsylvania.

The offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a scarlet tanager is the "first-ever documented hybrid of its kind." The new hybrid songbird, affectionately called the "tanabeak," was found in the ...

When hiking through subalpine forests in Colorado, the pine grosbeak is a treat on the treeline trail. I often encounter them when hiking in the mountains near timberline at around 11,000 feet.

The first Evening Grosbeak to be identified was collected, preserved, and documented by Henry Schoolcraft in April of 1823 near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

The Rose-breasted grosbeak, pictured in Birmingham, Ala., is featured as part of Beautiful Birds of Alabama, an AL.com series highlighting some of the unique birds in the state.

The male blue grosbeak, a cousin of the rose-breasted grosbeak, sports deep, cobalt blue plumage, a tiny black face mask, chestnut-brown wingbars and a black-and-silver beak that make him one of ...

Researchers trapped this rose-breasted grosbeak at Powdermill Nature Reserve in September. Its yellow side is female, and its red side is male—a conditional called bilateral gynandromorphy.

There are a lot of different aspects of birding that make the activity rewarding. These include getting a great look at some species, getting a great photo, finding a rare bird, seeing a “lifer ...

A blue grosbeak perched in a field planted with native grasses. (Bernadette Rigley) Not long after I bought a dilapidated farm in the Virginia Piedmont, I was surprised to learn that it came with ...