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 ...

The birds are singing up a storm and that’s only part of the story as the late April and May migration is about to take place ...

I always get this question — or a variation of it — from at least a few folks about this time of year: “A strikingly beautiful bird is coming to my feeder. It has a big red spot on its white breast, ...

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 ...

Penn State researchers have identified a rare hybrid of two western Pennsylvania songbirds. The bird is a combination of the rose-breasted grosbeak and brightly-colored scarlet tanager. Stephen Gosser ...

We are in late May. The canopy that has been greening many of the last several weeks is now nearly complete. Only the largest trees of the woods, along with a few late responders, have not grown 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 ...

Elections don’t keep rose-breasted grosbeaks awake at night. (Photo: Jesse Davis) “Wow, that is one honking big sparrow,” my wife said, peering out our bedroom window and into the backyard. The bird ...

These two male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks were squabbling over who got to the feeder next, unfortunately the photo is slightly out of focus, but you can see the handsome underwing feathers on one of the ...

Come April, readers often tell me about the excitement of seeing a gloriously plumaged rose-breasted grosbeak in their yards. People are excited because the bird looks like it plopped down in Houston ...

The offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a scarlet tanager is the "first-ever documented hybrid of its kind." The new hybrid songbird, affectionately called the "tanabeak," was found in the ...