Learn about the beautiful, but uncommon, blue grosbeak, including the bird's range map, diet, nesting habits, song and more.

I always get this question — or a variation of it — from at least a few folks about this time of year: “A strikingly beautiful bird is coming to my feeder. It has a big red spot on its white breast, ...

It's been a long time since we've enjoyed large numbers of evening grosbeaks. Every year, I hope for a "grosbeak winter" and perhaps this will be one. Scattered reports of sightings began in December, ...

As was predicted earlier this year, evening grosbeaks are starting to appear in our area. They have a superficial resemblance to American goldfinches, but they are much larger. This one is either an ...

I was at the computer writing about birds when something a little different caught my eye outside at the seed feeder. There was a flash of color and a slightly larger bird than the usual flock of ...

With a large white beak, a dazzling crescent of yellow on the dark forehead and a large patch of white feathers on the wings, there is nothing in our area that looks quite like an evening grosbeak.

It looks like it’s finally going to be a grosbeak winter. Back in early November I read forecasts that evening grosbeaks would head south in impressive numbers this winter. If you’re not familiar with ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Additional reports of evening grosbeaks from across the state are arriving ...

Colorful, bold and sassy are good descriptors for this bird that could be said to resemble a huge goldfinch. In the east, the evening grosbeak breeds in Canada and often visits Pennsylvania and other ...

Linda Croskey guessed it’s been about 30 years since she has seen the rare winter migrant, the evening grosbeak, show up at her birdfeeder at her West Deer home. Then, after last week’s snowstorm, ...

Arriving back from the warm and sunny west coast after a month of birding, touring, visiting and feasting at wonderful San Francisco restaurants, Danny and I settled into unseasonably warm weather in ...

Jeff Carl called me last Monday to let me know that a half-dozen evening grosbeaks, five females and one male, descended upon his Pike Township feeders for a feast. He said that these are the first he ...