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

From the eastern towhee to the red-breasted nuthatch, we identify birds that look like robins to point out the differences ...

The remaining grosbeak species do occur here. These are the blue grosbeak, historically a southern bird that has been expanding northward, and the black-headed grosbeak, a bird of the west.

The handsome black-headed grosbeak is the western counterpart to the East’s rose-breasted grosbeak, and the 2 even occasionally hybridize where they come into contact in the western Great Plains ...

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 ...

There is also a less commonly seen rose-breasted grosbeak. The rose-breasted has black on its head and half way down its back, with a white body with a red bib on its chest. A blue grosbeak and a pine ...

Providing bird food during spring migration and into the breeding season offers the opportunity for colorful visitors of ...

The red and dark pine grosbeak and the black-headed grosbeak have been very rare visitors to our state. They arrive from the west. Both the rose-breasted and blue grosbeaks are here for the summer.

Birdwatchers are flocking to North Park, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare red-headed woodpecker.

The rose-breasted grosbeak also reaches Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas. The rose-breasted grosbeak is replaced in the western United States by the closely related black-headed grosbeak.

The black-headed grosbeak commonly summers in the Central Valley. A UC Davis study found bird diversity in the area was actually higher in the winter than in summer, highlighting the importance of ...