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, ...

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 ...

Week 3 of the baby Eastern Bluebirds, and the four siblings are growing like crazy! Did you notice the signature “angry face” of the nestling that looks directly at the camera? It can’t help but make ...

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 ...

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 ...

You’ll know if you’ve seen this bird before. Every spring and fall, the rose-breasted grosbeak migrates through Alabama, resting at feeders and bird baths. You’ll recognize its large beak, black 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 ...

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 ...