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US
/ˈɡɹoʊsˌbik/
]
NOUN
- any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill
How To Use grosbeak In A Sentence
- He fed sparrows and grosbeaks on a seed tray mounted on a pole to be visible from his windows.
- I saw mockingbirds and bluebirds on my slow drive back, but grosbeaks, tanagers, kingbirds, and buntings are apparently not back yet.
- Black oil sunflower seeds are relished by chickadees, evening grosbeaks, cardinals and finches, and are less attractive to non-native sparrows and starlings.
- Among birds that can be attracted in the summer are brown thrashers, catbirds, robins, thrushes, waxwings, woodpeckers, orioles, cardinals, towhees and grosbeaks.
- So far, tantalizing reports of red and white-winged crossbills and pine grosbeaks remain just that: tantalizing, meaning just out of reach.
- By coincidence, I saw my first Rose-breasted grosbeak of the season just yesterday, but it was the relatively drab female. Waldo Jaquith - Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
- There is a juv Black-headed Grosbeak on my feeder. Liza Lee Miller
- Here, with the larks, are several curious birds, including the crossbeaks of Europe, the grosbeak of the South Sea Islands, the plant cutters of South America, and the colies of India and the Cape, that sleep in companies each suspended by one foot. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
- I needed to pick up an extra pair of binoculars from him, and he also showed me pictures from his recent trip to the Valley… Elegant Trogon, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, ani, jays, etc.
- Among birds that can be attracted in the summer are brown thrashers, catbirds, robins, thrushes, waxwings, woodpeckers, orioles, cardinals, towhees and grosbeaks.