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Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
53.5468, -113.505
Field Notes
Description:
Evening Grosbeak is 18.5 cm long. The adult has a short black tail, black wings and a large pale bill. The adult male has a bright yellow forehead and body; its head is brown and there is a large white patch in the wing. The adult female is mainly olive-brown, greyer on the underparts and with white patches in the wings. They weigh between 2-2 1/3 ounces. The Evening Grosbeak doesn't go around any other animals so it lives in solitary confinmant. They have a beak that is designed to eat seeds with hard shells. The Evening Grosbeak does sexual reproduction to reproduce and it lays up to 4-6 eggs.
Habitat:
These birds forage in trees and bushes, sometimes on the ground. They mainly eat seeds, berries and insects. Outside of the nesting season they often feed in flocks. Sometimes, they will swallow fine gravel.The range of this bird has expanded far to the east in historical times, possibly due to plantings of Manitoba maples and other maples and shrubs around farms and the availability of bird feeders in winter.
The migration of this bird is variable; in some winters, it may wander as far south as the southern U.S.
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