About 8 inches long, male rose-breasted grosbeaks are mostly black and white but also carry a large pink or rose colored heart-shaped pattern on their throat, under a black head.

Other than ruby-throated Hummingbirds, the one bird whose return in the spring is guaranteed to generate excitement is the rose-breasted grosbeak. Every spring, I get phone calls and emails from ...

The last time I wrote about rose-breasted grosbeaks was over 10 years ago. Back then, I was experiencing quite a bit of angst over my ability to identify their enchanting song, likened by many to ...

But the rose-breasted grosbeak has been extending its breeding range to the south in the Buckeye State. "Nesting grosbeaks may have been widely distributed within Ohio during the 19th century ...

This brings rose-breasted grosbeaks into our backyards. They are frequent visitors at feeders, and they can be quite conspicuous at this time of year. Of course, we are discussing male grosbeaks here.

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak derives its name from the male of the species who have a ruby-red triangular marking on a white chest and dark black wings with pink wing pits. The females are much less ...

It is the rose-breasted grosbeak, pleasing to both the eye and ear.” Rose-breasted grosbeaks breed in forests all across Canada and in the much of the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states south ...

On April 27, a male rose-breasted grosbeak appeared on a feeder just outside my office window. About the size of a cardinal, but more barrel chested, it was in fresh breeding plumage — black head and ...

Rose-breasted grosbeaks become positively livid from the moment they hit the net until well after they're set free. They take the whole business personally, fighting back with every weapon at ...

To get to know the rose-breasted grosbeak, you’ll have to visit the higher elevations where — from late April into May — they locate their nests at between 3,200 and 5,000 feet.

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The last time I wrote about rose-breasted grosbeaks was over 10 years ago. Back then, I was experiencing quite a bit of angst over my ability to identify their enchanting song, likened by many to ...