Named for their oversize beaks, grosbeaks use this handy utensil to crack tough seeds from the scrubby field edges ... these grosbeak bird species aren’t all related. Pine grosbeaks are fancy ...

Field work for the Maine ... However, use of the name grosbeak can cause taxonomic confusion. We have four grosbeaks in Maine: the evening grosbeak, pine grosbeak, rose-breasted grosbeak, and ...

One of these birds is the pine grosbeak. Photographers will be comforted to know this colorful bird is generally calm enough to allow a close approach by clumsy humans bearing tripod-mounted cameras.