Today we meet the blue grosbeak. This little songbird is a sometimes resident, sometimes migrant whose coloration has direct effects on its ability to welcome baby blue grosbeaks into the world. The ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much of a show. Among the peacock, the toucan, and the macaw, there’s a ...

Daryl Herron, a real-life friend as well as a Facebook one, posted a photo of a bird on my page recently, seeking help with identifying the bird. His sister, Monica Cody, took the photo at her ...

While performing work duties consisting of bird surveys in north-central South Dakota during the past week, I came across a species that is a new one for my life list. The very colorful bird was the ...

Okay, so this week's featured creature isn't really a cardinal, but it is in the same family -- cardinalis. And the blue grosbeak and the northern cardinal do resemble each other in a few ways. The ...

The evening grosbeak is often a spoiler and always a thrill - a spoiler because it is always keenly anticipated but seldom shows up, and a thrill whenever it does appear. The grosbeak is another of ...

The blue grosbeak, pictured in Virginia Beach, Va., has found its way to the area, having been spotted at multiple locations in Oak Openings Metropark.