Two readers, Barbara Kennedy and Arden Landis, wrote to me last week because they saw an unusual bird at their feeders. What they saw was a rose-breasted grosbeak, one of our beautiful returning ...

"Hear a rose-breasted grosbeak. At first I thought it a tanager, but soon I perceived it more clear and instrumental ... It is not at all shy, and our richest singer ... the strain perfectly clear and ...

"Hear a rose-breasted grosbeak. At first I thought it a tananger, but soon I perceived it more clear and instrumental. ... It is not at all shy, and our richest singer ... the strain perfectly clear ...

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 a ...

Ahem, dear reader: The subject this week is bird breasts. To be sure, the breast is not the first part to examine when trying to identify a bird. The general impression of the bird is the first thing ...

Very few folks I’ve talked to over the past week tell me they have not had rose-breasted grosbeaks visiting their feeders. The males can be described as wearing a tuxedo with a bright red bib. The ...

These are the days when readers tell me about the thrill of seeing a magical songbird seemingly dressed in a tuxedo with a starched white shirt and a gleaming red chevron on his chest. It’s the male ...

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 ...

Every April, readers excitedly tell me about a knockdown-gorgeous bird the size of a cardinal with a black back and a bright rosy bib on its white breast. It's usually a male rose-breasted grosbeak, ...