The turbulence of this winter and spring have left me thinking more about what I have to lose than what I have to give, ...

A pine grosbeak, who sings during the dawn chorus, perches on a branch in Meadowlands, Minnesota. Photograph by Richard Seeley, Nat Geo Image Collection “There is such a large increase in ...

The bacterial disease also known as finch conjunctivitis or finch pink eye has been seen in numerous songbirds, including the American goldfinch, purple finch, pine grosbeak, and evening grosbeak.

More colorful visitors include the brilliant Steller’s jays, the pine grosbeaks and less often, gray-crowned rosy-finches, which invariably arrive in large flocks. On a snowy weekend recently ...

When hiking through subalpine forests in Colorado, the pine grosbeak is a treat on the treeline trail. I often encounter them when hiking in the mountains near timberline at around 11,000 feet.

Here in New England, you are most likely to see rose-breasted grosbeaks, but we also have pine grosbeaks, and evening grosbeaks (blue and black-headed grosbeaks are very rare). Weirdly ...

We saw other things of interest: a small, loose flock of pine grosbeaks was moving rather rapidly through the understory, sometimes poking at an upright shrub stem, as if checking for edibles.

Forest experts predict that balsam fir will recede from the Northeast over the next century due to climate change, which will likely further impact evening grosbeak populations. Pine grosbeaks are ...

When the bears finally go to sleep for the winter, birdfeeders in Island Park come out with a vengeance. At our house, we smear a suet blend on a tree trunk that I move onto our deck and scatter ...

Over the last few months, we’ve been enjoying the last category — unusually large numbers of pine grosbeaks. I have not seen pine grosbeaks even once per year. As a downhill skier, I have ...