"Hear a rose-breasted grosbeak. At first I thought it a tananger ... down on a careless worker's finger with the force of a pair of vise-pliers, bringing blood and yelps of pain.

"Hear a rose-breasted grosbeak. At first I thought it a tanager ... down on a careless worker's finger with the force of a pair of vise-grip pliers, bringing blood and yelps of pain.

A colloquial name for the male rose-breasted grosbeak is the "cutthroat bird ... I have yet to find a nest, but assume we have a breeding pair nearby since they routinely visit our feeders.

Curiously, despite their similar beaks, these grosbeak bird species aren’t all related. Pine grosbeaks are fancy finches, while the evening, rose-breasted, black-headed and blue grosbeaks are ...

Bird banders in Cook Township banded a one-in-a million bird — a rose-breasted grosbeak with half its body ... it would “likely pair with a female if it sings and otherwise acts like a male ...

A male rose-breasted grosbeak may pop up in your yard this month ... On northern breeding grounds, a mated pair cooperate in building a flimsy-looking cup-shaped nest constructed from twigs ...

Then check the details. To be sure, the breast may be one of these. This is the case with the rose-breasted grosbeak, as is demonstrated in its name. The brilliant color of the male grosbeak's ...

Last year, a pair of birdwatchers in Erie photographed ... since only the left ovary is functional in birds. The rose-breasted grosbeak found at the nature preserve is female on the left side ...

The offspring of a scarlet tanager and rose-breasted grosbeak—distantly related birds whose evolutionary paths diverged 10 million years ago—was recently found in Pennsylvania. A hybrid ...

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 ...