We are in late May. The canopy that has been greening many of the last several weeks is now nearly complete. Only the largest trees of the woods, along with a few late responders, have not grown the ...

The last time I wrote about rose-breasted grosbeaks was over 10 years ago. Back then, I was experiencing quite a bit of angst over my ability to identify their enchanting song, likened by many to a ...

It had been a cold and blustery day of birding the Colonial Parkway and Jamestown Island. The kind of day that makes you wonder if spring will ever really come. Birds were not singing much and it was ...

The striking rose-breasted grosbeak is a common bird of wooded habitats across much of eastern and midwestern North America. Singing from the canopy of a deciduous forest, even a brightly colored male ...