Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colorful, bold and sassy are good descriptors for this bird that could be said to resemble a huge goldfinch. In the east, 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 ...

Duluth birder Laura Erickson was surprised in early August when a flock of evening grosbeaks showed up at her feeders and her box elder tree to feed. Evening grosbeaks have been scarce for several ...

The appearance of evening grosbeaks has created excitement in the local birding world. This grosbeak is a striking bird, and it’s been largely absent for close to four decades. Just why evening ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Last February, several evening grosbeaks, which we rarely see here, visited our feeder. About the size of robins, the males were yellow with black and ...

Well, these folks really nailed it this year, which was an outstanding year for spruce budworms (a type of caterpillar that feeds on spruce trees) and the many species of finches that feed on them.

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 ...

As was predicted earlier this year, evening grosbeaks are starting to appear in our area. They have a superficial resemblance to American goldfinches, but they are much larger. This one is either an ...

We’ve had quite a few reports of evening grosbeaks this past week. Although not unusual this time of year, evening grosbeaks are like an old friend you bump into every now and then. You never know ...