The most unusual visitor, however, was a lone female evening grosbeak. Years ago, I lived in Bemidji for quite some time. Of course, I fed the birds. I attracted the usual chickadees, nuthatches ...

Curiously, despite their similar beaks, these grosbeak bird species aren’t all related. Pine grosbeaks are fancy finches, while the evening, rose-breasted, black-headed and blue grosbeaks are ...

Gray and gold with white wing markings and a big pale beak, the evening grosbeak was mostly a western bird before the 1890s.

One species of bird that has a well-documented decline over the past 50-plus years is the evening grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus). This bird use to be a common winter-time visitor to ...

A rare yellow grosbeak, native to Mexico, drew birders nationwide to a Berryville Ranch. Shianne Hunnicutt said the yellow bird has been visiting her feeder.