The striking rose-breasted grosbeak is a common bird of wooded habitats across much of eastern and midwestern North America. Singing from the canopy of a deciduous forest, even a brightly colored ...

As I sat on the front porch that morning several rose-breasted grosbeaks came in to feed. And a house wren, a small brownish/gray bird, was constantly carrying on, probably looking to mate for the ...

Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are the most common bird beak types to look for and how they help ...

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.

The Michigan educator’s long-running program, Birding by Ear and Beyond, fits within a growing movement to make the outdoors ...

The end of summer is here and fall officially starts on Sunday, Sept. 22. As we know, often when a new season begins, we have ...

Humans have a propensity to organize, to put things into boxes. People who try to pigeon-hole nature often do not fare well ...

A MALE ROSE-BREASTED grosbeak takes a break from the feeders. The grosbeaks and Baltimore orioles are neotropical migrants that due to distance usually arrive later in spring than some of the ...

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.’ – Harriet Beecher Stowe What happens when an ...

Trees provide sheIter, spots to rest, and feasts of high-protein insects to migratory birds including warblers, tanagers, tree sparrows, and rose-breasted grosbeaks as well as to birds that stay ...

In leafy woodlands of the East, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak often stays out of sight among the treetops. However, its song -- rich whistled phrases, like an improved version of the American Robin's ...