It's been a long time since we've enjoyed large numbers of evening grosbeaks. Every year, I hope for a "grosbeak winter" and perhaps this will be one. Scattered reports of sightings began in December, ...

Linda Croskey guessed it’s been about 30 years since she has seen the rare winter migrant, the evening grosbeak, show up at her birdfeeder at her West Deer home. Then, after last week’s snowstorm, ...

Learn about the beautiful, but uncommon, blue grosbeak, including the bird's range map, diet, nesting habits, song and more.

With a large white beak, a dazzling crescent of yellow on the dark forehead and a large patch of white feathers on the wings, there is nothing in our area that looks quite like an evening grosbeak.

Editor’s note: This is a monthly article featuring bird species of the Upper Clark Fork River Valley from Butte to Garrison. Author Gary Swant hopes the column will inspire people to take an interest ...

Jeff Carl called me last Monday to let me know that a half-dozen evening grosbeaks, five females and one male, descended upon his Pike Township feeders for a feast. He said that these are the first he ...

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 first weekend in December was the big one for evening grosbeak sightings at Berks feeders. Last week, I mentioned that Jeff Carl had a half dozen at his Pike Township feeders. Laura and Pete ...

Arriving back from the warm and sunny west coast after a month of birding, touring, visiting and feasting at wonderful San Francisco restaurants, Danny and I settled into unseasonably warm weather in ...

Areader contacted me recently about an unusual goldfinch visiting his bird feeder. He asked: “Do any goldfinches get extra large?” What he thought was a bigger-than-usual goldfinch I am certain was in ...

Keep your eyes open now for winged critters, their feathers flashing bright red, glinting iridescent blue, or shining yellow like the sun. It’s migration season. Our winter bird visitors are about ...

Just a month or so after a very rare Bullock’s oriole was enjoyed by dozens of birders from North and South Carolina, an even rarer bird showed up at a feeder in a neighborhood near Park Road Park. A ...