The handsome black-headed grosbeak is the western counterpart ... Adult female: mainly dull brown, with streaked back, buffy-white nape and supercilium. Underparts variable, from buffy to ...

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 ...

Every spring and fall, the rose-breasted grosbeak migrates ... ll recognize its large beak, black and white feathers and the splash of red across its chest. Females are brown but sport a signature ...