Warm brown wingbars and a huge bill are what set blue grosbeaks apart. "Grosbeak," from the French grosbec, means "large beak," and, ... Learn how to identify an evening grosbeak.

Grosbeaks are well-named members of the finch family. They got their names because of the size, shape and function of their bill — a large, conical means to shell seeds as fast as you can fill ...

Although eastern juncos are all slate gray and white, those in the West are more varied, often with pink or reddish brown on ...

Take another look; is it more yellowish? 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, ...

We may get a few pine grosbeaks and evening grosbeaks. ... It is published by Little, Brown and Company. Lillian, with her husband Donald, has written 35 photo-based field guides.

Evening grosbeaks, a rather large member of the finch family, are more than likely leaving their breeding grounds to the north and flying south in search of food and habitat this time of the year.

At my current home I have only seen evening grosbeaks on two occasions. Once, on November 7, 2007, I saw a female (or juvenile) at my hanging feeder for about five minutes.

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.

Last February, several evening grosbeaks, which we rarely see here, visited our feeder. About the size of robins, the males were yellow with black and white wings, a black tail, and a bright yellow ...