The striking rose-breasted grosbeak is a common bird of wooded habitats across much of eastern and midwestern North America. Singing from the canopy of a deciduous forest, even a brightly colored ...

Learn how to attract rose-breasted grosbeaks. During the breeding season, they aren’t backyard birds—unless your backyard includes acres of the shrub-dotted field habitat this species seeks.

“They are a bit out of the ordinary,” she says. Grosbeaks fill a variety of habitat niches but most will visit feeders at least occasionally. “They are more special to see at feeders because ...