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

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.

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, ...

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.

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 ...

I was at the computer writing about birds when something a little different caught my eye outside at the seed feeder. There was a flash of color and a slightly larger bird than the usual flock of h… ...

A male black-headed grosbeak in nice plumage established the first record of that species from Mecklenburg County on March 10. Not long after a very rare Bullock’s oriole was seen, ...