Snow, snow and more snow … the wind is nil as we watch the gods of winter turn our world into a snow globe, the gentle and continuous snow falling silently, so keenly observed in the immortal words of ...

Colorful, bold and sassy are good descriptors for this bird that could be said to resemble a huge goldfinch. In the east, the evening grosbeak breeds in Canada and often visits Pennsylvania and other ...

A male evening grosbeak recently photographed by Laura Erickson in her yard in Duluth's Lakeside neighborhood. A once-common species nesting in the area, Erickson is asking Northlanders to keep an eye ...

Scientifically, the evening grosbeak has been named (until recently) Hesperiphona vesperina. Hesperiphona refers to the Hesperides, the "Daughters of the Night," who dwell on the western edge of the ...