You’ll know if you’ve seen this bird before. Every spring and fall, the rose-breasted grosbeak migrates through Alabama, resting at feeders and bird baths. You’ll recognize its large beak, black and ...

If so, I would guess you have a grosbeak. Besides the color, the reason for my conclusion is that orioles are not seed eaters. A grosbeak has a thick, pronounced beak and is ... breasted has black on ...

The last time I wrote about rose-breasted grosbeaks was over 10 years ago. Back then, I was experiencing ... is that a grosbeak (grosbeak is French for big beak) has a big beak so that it can ...

A male rose-breasted grosbeak seizes ... a broad chest and robust beak. The gaudy male is no showoff, though. He can be as elusive as the female, because his black back enables him to slip ...

The Blue Grosbeak is a large bunting with deep blue or brown plumage, blackish wings and tail, distinctive beak, and rufous wing ... Steller’s Jay is a large black and blue bird with a prominent ...