The handsome black-headed grosbeak is the western counterpart to the East’s rose-breasted grosbeak, and the 2 even occasionally hybridize where they come into contact in the western Great Plains.

The striking rose-breasted grosbeak is a common bird of wooded ... Note the white wing bar and patches on black wing, and rose-red wing linings. Large, pinkish bill. Adult female: mainly brown ...

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, ...

Showy pink-red feathers on the male’s head ... During irruptions, pine grosbeaks flock to feeders filled with black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds or suet. The Cornell Lab of ...