How to Use grosbeak in a Sentence

grosbeak

noun
  • Both blue grosbeaks and indigo buntings sang from the tops of some pines.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 6 June 2018
  • There’s also the question as to what sort of future the grosbeak might have.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Rose-breasted grosbeaks eat the seeds, while cedar waxwings munch on the flowers in early spring.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Birds such as tanagers, thrush, orioles, grosbeaks, vireos, wrens, and buntings.
    — cleveland.com, 22 May 2017
  • Several species are shifting north, including the blue grosbeak and fish crow.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Despite the bird's rare bona fides, however, the grosbeak is perfectly healthy.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2020
  • At the Honey Pot in Hadley, five blue grosbeaks abd a dickcissel.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Streams whoosh, swollen with winter rains, and birds — robins, sparrows, grosbeaks, woodpeckers and hawks — trill and chatter.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Many birds – waxwings, grosbeaks, chickadees and robins – love fruit, which can be put out on elevated platform feeders.
    — oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The perch the blue grosbeak occupied a moment earlier was now taken by a singing scarlet tanager.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
  • Orioles breed here at lower elevations while grosbeaks are more widely spread out and wait until conditions are warmer.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Food is the second factor, with grosbeaks delaying their migration until seeds, berries and insects are more plentiful.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Additionally, safflower seeds, peanuts, cracked corn and suet nuggets are also popular with the grosbeaks.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Crabapple trees, famed for their spring display of pink or white blooms, bear colorful autumn fruit that woodpeckers, pine grosbeaks, cardinals and others feast on.
    — Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Other species confirmed for the first time in this edition of the atlas include Mississippi kite, blue grosbeak and canvasback.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The last time Powdermill saw a gynandromorph was in 2005, when the team found a grosbeak that looked very similar to this one.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Sliced apples and oranges are common grosbeak offerings, along with fruiting plants such as elderberry, crabapple or raspberries.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • As the seeds mature, the flower heads remain attractive, taking on darker hues and drawing hungry songbirds to the garden, including finches, grosbeaks, and chickadees.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
  • Pairs of red crossbills were reported in Harwich and Wellfleet, and an unprecedented June record of evening grosbeak was photographed at a feeder in Wellfleet.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019
  • Hopefully, our winter has been a wet enough one for San Diego County so natural food will be plentiful for the grosbeaks, whose diet consists of about 60% insects and a mix of seeds and fruit.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Overall grosbeak numbers recorded for previous years were about the same here during the summer months, so fewer birds seen at specific locations, like Moore’s home, could be the result of the availability of less natural food, habitat loss, or even the presence of more domestic cats.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

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