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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...