Five birds share the name grosbeak and sport thick bills—but the similarities stop there. Look for these colorful fliers ...

Evening Grosbeaks are boldly colored birds that can lift your spirits and make your day brighter. On the many dark, cloudy and damp days of winter, a flock of Evening Grosbeaks that swoops down ...

Rose-breasted grosbeaks are migrating through Georgia now on their way to nesting grounds farther north — although a few may nest in the highest elevations of the state’s northeast mountains.

Although evening grosbeaks nest in Maine, we mainly see them in the winter as the population swells from northern birds pushed south.

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.

A rose-breasted grosbeaks song is enchanting, likened by many to a robin’s but with operatic training.

The offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a scarlet tanager, found in western Pennsylvania, is the "first-ever documented hybrid of its kind." ...

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 ...

In North America, these grosbeaks nest in open coniferous forests across most of Canada and in high-elevation forests of the Rockies. In winter, pine grosbeaks may stay in their breeding habitat or ...

In winter, pine grosbeaks may stay in their breeding habitat or move to nearby low-elevation deciduous forests with abundant seeds. Like evening grosbeaks, in years when food is scarce, they may fly ...

Evening grosbeaks are particularly fond of spruce trees and they tend to stick to the boreal forests of the higher latitudes and altitudes.

The last time I wrote about rose-breasted grosbeaks was over 10 years ago. Back then, I was experiencing quite a bit of angst over my ability to identify their enchanting song, likened by many to ...