| 单词 | grosbeak |
| 例句 | The chipmunk’s shrill voice cut through the silence, and its claws scrabbled up the dresser as the cat half sprang—but recollected himself in time and slipped but of the door after the grosbeak instead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Over five weeks, Darwin collected carcasses of finches, mockingbirds, blackbirds, grosbeaks, wrens, albatrosses, iguanas, and an array of sea and land plants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In front of the lodge, more than a dozen feeders were filled with bridled titmouse, cartoonish acorn woodpeckers, thick-billed, black-headed grosbeaks and gregarious pine siskins. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The grosbeaks survived in the essay, but the hummingbirds stopped biting. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Ears trained for the trogon, we delighted in flamboyant warblers and a family of grosbeaks bathing in a rock pool. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Salmonellosis most often affects goldfinches, evening grosbeaks and house finches. Your dirty bird feeder could be spreading disease 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The cardinal and grosbeak are both flying in different directions, giving them a sense of being at cross purposes with the grackle. Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Looking at the same passage in a later draft, I suggested that what he had called evening grosbeaks were probably American goldfinches. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z “The grosbeak, that is some tasty eating,” he said. Into Cajun Country: From Po'boys to the Pink Panther 2010-09-01T03:00:00Z Exactly why the area attracts as many as 13,000 tanagers, orioles, buntings, grosbeaks and warblers on a single day is not entirely understood. This dirt parking lot in the San Gabriel Mountains is a magnet for migrating birds 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The rose-breasted grosbeak is there too, and the red-eyed vireo, and the indigo bunting. National Zoo debuts a serene new habitat for birds and humans 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z “It’s really good for allowing larger birds a little space to sit around when they eat, such as jays and grosbeaks.” Experts share their favorite backyard bird feeders 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z On the corner of West 149th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, an enormous grosbeak emerges above the treetops on the wall of an old movie theater, now a church. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The area is home to woodpeckers like the red-breasted sapsucker and songbirds like the black-headed grosbeak, which whistles its warbled song in the shade. Try not to smile on this loop of the off-leash area at Marymoor Park, aka Doggy Disneyland 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z In Michigan over the summer, an array of feeders attracted Baltimore Orioles, tufted titmice, red-bellied woodpeckers, rose-breasted grosbeaks, warblers and pine siskins. Get the Birds To Come To You 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Streams whoosh, swollen with winter rains, and birds — robins, sparrows, grosbeaks, woodpeckers and hawks — trill and chatter. The Sound of One Shrimp Snapping 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z In addition to the barred owls, staff also treated a pine grosbeak and a Bohemian waxwing, songbird species that are typically found farther north in Vermont. Bird rehabilitation center treated record numbers last year 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z This evening grosbeak sits perched on a cherry tree, the branches of which spread along the wall facing 149th Street. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Now, he said, people get excited when they see 10 grosbeaks. Birds ‘disappearing’ from North America, study finds 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Lucas’ feeders drew two kinds of chickadees, evening grosbeaks, Eurasian collared doves and redpolls. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z “Why would something like this bother me?” she asked, gesturing toward the first eye-catching grosbeak impressions Ms. Jones had up. Opinion | Public Art Takes Flight 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Blue grosbeak, diamondback terrapins and northern snapping turtles also are spotted regularly. NYC garbage dump world's largest landfill-to-park project 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z A black-headed grosbeak appears on the back wall of the building. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Other new breeding species include the eastern meadowlark, known for its sharp call; the blue grosbeak, a striking blue relative of the cardinal; and the bobolink, a bumblebee-colored blackbird that migrates 12,500 miles annually. Where Coyotes, Foxes and Bobolinks Find a New Home: Freshkills Park 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Others, like rose-breasted grosbeaks, have made their way up from Central America. New York Above 800 Feet 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “The pine grosbeak are feeding on those mountain ash berries, but why they are down here this year I have no idea,” Wolcott said recently. TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z The red-breasted grosbeak family were all there looking too lovely for words. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z As it was, her nose just overweighted her face, not with the effect of caricature that a toucan's nose produces, but with the stolidity and complacency of a grosbeak's. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z A nesting black-headed grosbeak calls from the budding branch above me. Scientist at Work Blog: Three Mallards, a Merganser and a Bufflehead 2012-03-30T20:25:13Z Red′-bird, the common European bullfinch: the United States grosbeak, also the tanager.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Pine grosbeak typically feed on the seed cones of conifer trees, but may also utilize alders, river birch and Douglas fir. TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Shrike and grosbeak leave, saying that really it is growing quite warm, and, glancing behind them, they behold the March hare turning somersaults in snowdrifts. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The bluebird and pine grosbeak have it too, but their much larger, trembling wings seem far less nervous. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Still, if the account given by Vaillant and Paterson is true, the sociable grosbeaks surpass all the other birds in skill and invention. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The cardinal grosbeak, or Virginian nightingale, Cardinalis virginianus, claims notice here, though doubts may be entertained as to the family to which it really belongs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z For whatever reason, a flock of pine grosbeaks has moved out into the valley this winter and the birds have been regularly spotted around Gardner Park. TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Quiet returning hawks cross the valleys, and the pine grosbeak hastens past. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z When only ten weeks old the little boy grosbeaks began to warble. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Likewise grosbeak, linnet, wren— And all the fairies joined "amen!" The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z The species of the Old World which, though commonly called “grosbeaks,” certainly belong to the family Ploceidae, are treated under Weaver-bird. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The pine grosbeak, a robin-sized finch, summers in the boreal forest of northern Canada, except for a small band extending south along the Rocky Mountains where the birds remain year-round. TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z From the most delicate turquoise honey-creepers to great red and black grosbeaks, they thronged the trees. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Like the rose-breasted grosbeak, he has the delightful habit of singing through the early hours of the summer night. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Hybrids between these two grosbeaks are regularly produced. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z Pine grosbeaks, warblers, vireos, kinglets, and smaller birds abound in the hawthorne and cottonwood trees, and in the alder thickets. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z “I’m not sure if pine grosbeak are irruptive, but maybe that is part of the equation as they only show up in the valley like this once every 10 years.” TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Amongst the branches are often found the enormous nests of the sociable grosbeaks, sometimes ten feet in diameter. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z But when he returns to the United States in May he is, in very truth, a rose-breasted grosbeak. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In the course of the season I found three nests of the rose-breasted grosbeak. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z The grosbeak of the wilds of Africa affords a wonderful example of nest building; for not one single pair, but hundreds, may be found living under the same roof. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It’s these morsels of food, mountain ash berries, for which the pine grosbeak has come. TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z It was a lovely morning, and passing gayly through the plantations of potatoes, manioc, and cassavas, we came to the nests of the sociable grosbeak, the sight of which charmed the children immensely. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Members of the more aristocratic finch and grosbeak branches of the family, however, who wear brighter clothes, pay the penalty by decreasing numbers as our boasted civilisation surrounds them. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z They were but minding the most approved grosbeak precedents; and after all, who is so likely to be in the right as he who follows the fashion? A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Amongst the Passeres, such forms as the larks, stone chats, finches, linnets, and grosbeaks are well developed and exhibit many species. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Once three birds flew by which I am convinced were the strange and interesting evening grosbeaks. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Is he not of more value than many grosbeaks? The Jonathan Papers Naturally grosbeaks prefer to live among protective trees. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z I remarked a grosbeak singing near the spot, and, seeing him very unwilling to move away, concluded that his home could not be far off. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z At the first note of this grosbeak all other songs were forgotten—they were noise and chatter—this was pure music. A-Birding on a Bronco The evening grosbeaks have come down from far Saskatchewan, and are thinking of spending the winter here. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The raven frequently remains even in the colder parts throughout the winter; these, with the Canada jay, waxwing, grosbeak and snow bunting, being the principal birds seen in Manitoba and northern districts in that season. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The nest of the grosbeak is remarkable, being two feet long, and composed of finely woven grass as strong as the texture of common straw hats. The Pearl of India She seemed to be quite unattended; but just as I was beginning to contrast her case with that of the feminine grosbeak overhead, her mate broke into song from a low branch directly behind me. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z But one day, seeing a pair of rare blue grosbeaks fly down into the tangle, I turned Billy right in after them, though holding his head well up in consideration of the snakes. A-Birding on a Bronco The tall oaks are sought out by the orioles, tanagers and grosbeaks,—a brilliant and tuneful company. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road He’d have a grosbeak ‘skun a mile’!” gasped Stud, following the direction of her glance, with a virtuous consciousness of his own cave-soiled khaki, moderately lit by merit badge and service stripe. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Without warning, a grosbeak—the one whose breast is stained with the blood of the rose—began his soft, sweet song so close overhead that Barbara started up, and he flew. John March, Southerner At least two pairs of rose-breasted grosbeaks had summer quarters here; and busy enough they looked, flitting from one side of the garden to another, yet not too busy for a tune between whiles. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z The pine grosbeaks from the north are the most destructive budders that come among us. A Year in the Fields He was a rose-breasted grosbeak, and we instantly stopped to see him. Upon The Tree-Tops This gives the seed eating birds, the siskins, the pine grosbeaks and especially the crossbills their best opportunity and they eagerly pluck out such seeds as the narrow openings will give them a chance at. Old Plymouth Trails A squirrel whisked his tail across the sill as he scurried in and out of the branches of the window-oak where a grosbeak and a wren chatted sociably. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted He recounted to me, with great glee, how he had shot a grosbeak, and some other small birds, near Tunis, and given them to the cook on board for our dinner. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia Roosevelt also was puzzled to know what they were till we went among them and stirred them up, discovering that they were females of the blue grosbeak, with some sparrows which we did not identify. Under the Maples I left hermits and veeries, I said adieu to sandpipers and grosbeaks, and went to the village to abide with the shrike family. Upon The Tree-Tops A pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks were seen to feed their nest of youngsters four hundred and twenty-six times in a day, each time with a billful of potato-bugs or other insects. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 As I lay brooding in my melancholy state, a red grosbeak, with his bright red plumage, alighted on a tree a few feet from my window. Heart Talks Now, as he sat there, the burnt out pipe between his teeth, watching alternately his rod and his divinity, the rose-breasted grosbeak began to sing in the pink light of sunset. The Gay Rebellion The male rose-breasted grosbeak assists in incubation, and has been seen to sing upon the nest. Under the Maples Of course the cardinal and rose-breasted grosbeaks are not to be included in any such category. Birds in the Bush He was a beautiful bird, in black and orange-brown and gold,—the black-headed grosbeak; and his song, besides being very pleasing, was interesting because it seemed hard to get out. A Bird-Lover in the West I leveled my glass, and saw with perfect distinctness, as I thought, two pine grosbeaks in bright male costume,—birds I had never seen before except in winter. The Foot-path Way Other wood dwellers came; a rose-breasted grosbeak, with lovely rosy shield, with much posturing and many sharp "clicks," essayed to find out what manner of irreverent intruder this might be. Little Brothers of the Air Upon a low bush sits a black-headed grosbeak that never seems to weary of his refrain. Conservation Reader In this connection, also, I recall a cardinal grosbeak, whom I heard several years ago, on the bank of the Potomac River. Birds in the Bush I know a young man who has trained himself so as to be able to mimic to perfection the complex songs of the western meadowlark and the cardinal grosbeak. Our Bird Comrades But a single glance showed that they were not grosbeaks, but white-winged crossbills! The Foot-path Way Direct the children to look for grosbeaks in the pine and rowan trees, where they may be seen feeding on the seeds. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Among the Rockies the black-headed grosbeak is much in evidence, and so is his cheerful, good-tempered song, which is an exact counterpart of the song of the rose-breasted grosbeak, his eastern kinsman. Birds of the Rockies The others were a mocking-bird, a cardinal grosbeak, and a paroquet. Birds in the Bush The “social grosbeak” fabricates a republic of nests in one clump, and all under one roof. Popular Adventure Tales I was delighted to see the crossbills, having never before had the first glimpse of them, summer or winter; but what was I to think about the grosbeaks? The Foot-path Way Another visitor from the sub-arctic regions is the pine grosbeak, which is often mistaken for the robin, for these two birds are nearly equal in size. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study It was scarcely possible that so roly-poly a bird as a grosbeak could perform so marvellous an exploit on the wing. Birds of the Rockies Most often, however, his voice puts me in mind of the cardinal grosbeak's; his voice, and perhaps still more his cadence, and especially his practice of the portamento. Birds in the Bush With these exceptions his dress was of sober black and white, though so attractively disposed that he was an extremely pretty bird—the rose-breasted grosbeak. In Nesting Time If the grosbeaks were there, I meant to see them, though I should have to spend all day in the attempt. The Foot-path Way The carmine colour of the upper surface of the male grosbeak distinguishes it from the grays and blacks of the upper part of the robin. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study I declare he’s becoming a regular sociable grosbeak.” St. Winifred's, or The World of School Here, every day, were to be heard the glorious song of the cardinal grosbeak, the insect-like effort of the blue-gray gnatcatcher, and the rigmarole of the yellow-breasted chat. Birds in the Bush Although thus immobile and silent, the grosbeak was far from being stupid. In Nesting Time "A pine grosbeak!" said I, in a tone of full assurance, although this was my first hearing of the song. The Foot-path Way So great is the resemblance that the casual observer will, in nine cases out of ten, mistake the grosbeak for an oriole. Birds of the Indian Hills “Sociable grosbeaks, again,” said Henderson, laughing in the midst of his sorrow. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Of one thing I grew, better and better assured: the grosbeak is out of all comparison the finer musician of the two. Birds in the Bush The change completed the happiness of the grosbeak. In Nesting Time Before many minutes, my comrade came running down the path in high glee, calling, "Pine grosbeaks!" The Foot-path Way The only young grosbeak that I have seen resembled the female in appearance, except that it had a yellow rump. Birds of the Indian Hills A cat killed a cardinal, and a blue jay killed a grosbeak. Mistress Anne Late in April, with other kinds a pair of scarlet tanagers and a pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks visited the trees. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Being unable to get another grosbeak, I tried to give him companionship by placing a small glass against one end of his cage. In Nesting Time One family of grosbeaks, nesting near the field, will keep an entire patch cleared of potato-bugs throughout the season. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation In one genus of grosbeak—Mycerobas—the bill is as deep as it is long, while in the other genus—Pycnorhamphus—it is nearly as massive. Birds of the Indian Hills Here the rose-breasted grosbeak is in the blooming cherry tree, snipping off the blossoms with that heavy beak of his—a spot of crimson and black half hidden in masses of white petals. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers To the great delight of their neighbors, the house-dwellers, they built their nests, the grosbeaks in a tree near one side of the porch, the tanagers in one near the opposite side. Bird Day; How to prepare for it But thy days the silence keep, Save for grosbeaks' feeble cheep, Or for snow-birds' busy twitter When thy breath is very bitter. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 In some parts of the country the grosbeak feeds largely on the plum scale, the hickory scale, the locust and oak scales and on the tulip scale, which is very destructive to shade trees. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation There are doubtless good reasons for the colouring of both the grosbeak and the oriole; what these reasons are we know not. Birds of the Indian Hills The first rose-breasted grosbeaks I ever saw were in a great mulberry-tree on a farm in the northern part of Connecticut. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls They became so friendly that sometimes when the boy came out upon the porch and played softly on a mouth organ, the grosbeak's silvery warble and the tanager's loud, clear voice joined him. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Strange we did not see them before, but the explanation is the grosbeak was singing. Some Spring Days in Iowa The rose-breasted grosbeak, while it eats a few green peas, is to be classed among the wholly beneficial birds, for it is the great natural destroyer of the Colorado potato beetle. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation In some species, as for example the grosbeaks, the bill is immensely thick. Birds of the Indian Hills This crimson breast shield, by the way, is the family mark or coat of arms of the grosbeaks, just as the scarlet crest marks all the woodpeckers. Ways of Wood Folk Birds that feed upon the potato beetle.—The grosbeaks and the tanagers. Bird Day; How to prepare for it We lift our eyes and see the pointed carmine shield of the rose-breasted grosbeak, one of the most beautiful, useful and music-full birds in the forest or the garden. Some Spring Days in Iowa The black grosbeak is another variety that deserves encouragement in every way, for it eats the chrysalis of the codling-moth that is so serious a foe to our apple crop. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Only one species of grosbeak appears to be common in the Himalayas. Birds of the Indian Hills It may pass, however, as a badly executed likeness of the tufted cardinal grosbeak or red-bird. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 In May the principal birds of our neighbourhood will return—thrushes, vireos, tanagers, grosbeaks, bobolinks, orioles. Outdoor Sports and Games Perceiving that we are watching him the grosbeak ceases his ringing tones and drops into that dreamy, soft, melodious warble, which is characteristic of this songster as it is of the catbird. Some Spring Days in Iowa Dove's wings and the rosy breast of the grosbeak completed the barbarous display. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird However, scientific books make no mention of the resemblance between the oriole and the grosbeak. Birds of the Indian Hills Another pair of blue grosbeaks built in a grave-yard within the city limits. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs Here are also the African, European, and American grosbeaks, so christened from that strength of bill which enables them to demolish hard fruits. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Several golden plovers, Canadian grosbeaks, crossbills, woodpeckers and pin-tailed grouse were shot today; and Mr. Back killed a small striped marmot. The Journey to the Polar Sea And then we were invaded by a troop of grosbeaks who gathered in the neighboring bushes, their queer, tiny voices, seeming quite out of place, coming out of such stocky, strong little bodies. Sweetapple Cove The Indian grosbeaks are birds of limited distribution; they appear to be confined to the forests on the higher ranges of the Himalayas. Birds of the Indian Hills He cheerfully invades your fields, and even your lawn; and he shoots robins, bluebirds, thrushes, catbirds, grosbeaks, tanagers, orioles, woodpeckers, quail, snipe, ducks, crows, and herons. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation They are rather rare, as are also the Louisiana tanager, most gorgeous of all the Tahoe birds, and the black-headed grosbeak. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Immense flocks of passenger pigeons, buntings, grosbeaks, attack the ripening fruits and the wild rice of the swamps. Pioneers in Canada We stopped to see the bird colony, which greatly delighted them all, and Ernest declared they belonged to the species of Loxia gregaria, the sociable grosbeak. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island The only Indian grosbeak which I have met in the flesh is the yellow-and-black species. Birds of the Indian Hills Mississippi: The legalized slaughter of robins, cedar birds, grosbeaks and doves should cease immediately, on the basis of economy of resources and a square deal to all the states lying northward of Mississippi. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Save only him—proud, solitary stranger in our unfriendly land—the fiery grosbeak. A Kentucky Cardinal Busy little grosbeaks picked about the kitchen doors, and woodpeckers tapped the eaves of the farm buildings, but we saw hardly any other of the frequenters of the summer canons. The Land of Little Rain Tree toads sang on the cool rocks beneath them, chewinks nested under gnarled roots among them, rose-breasted grosbeaks sang in grape-vines clambering over the thickets, and Singing Water ran close beside. The Harvester If this extended to the hen, and if the grosbeak were parasitic on the oriole, it would be held up as an example of mimicry. Birds of the Indian Hills It is seriously to the discredit of Mississippi that her laws actually classify robins, cedar-birds, grosbeaks and doves as "game," and make them killable as such from Sept. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Occasionally she laid down her work to straighten some flower which needed attention or to search the garden for a bug for the grosbeak. A Girl of the Limberlost Before me, in the leafy top of an oak sapling, sat a blue grosbeak. A Florida Sketch-Book Wide-spreading oaks and superb magnolias were lighted up with sudden flashes of color, as scarlet grosbeaks flitted from tree to tree. A Romance of the Republic I saw a grosbeak seize, shake, and devour a caterpillar about two inches in length. Birds of the Indian Hills In legally permitting the slaughter of the robin, red-winged blackbird, dove, grosbeak, wood-duck and gull the state of Louisiana is very culpable. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Philip leaned back against the arbour, watching the grosbeak as it hunted food between a tomato vine and a day lily. A Girl of the Limberlost If I was to see the grosbeak and make sure of him, it must be done at once. A Florida Sketch-Book Then," she observed, with an air of finality, "it was a cardinal grosbeak; and the other name for that is redbird; so you saw a redbird. The American Child Busy little grosbeaks picked about the kitchen doors, and woodpeckers tapped the eves of the farm buildings, but we saw hardly any other of the frequenters of the summer cañons. The Land of Little Rain And in autumn, when the huckleberries are ripe, bands of robins and grosbeaks come to feast, forming altogether delightful little byworlds for the naturalist. The Mountains of California She'd think a grosbeak was a depraved person with a large nose. A Girl of the Limberlost By this time the grosbeak had disappeared utterly. A Florida Sketch-Book One very severe, stormy winter the grosbeaks fairly crowded the streets of Pictou. Nature's Serial Story Its original, the blue grosbeak, is an uncertain wanderer from the south, as the pine grosbeak is from the north. Locusts and Wild Honey I had other company in my solitude also, among the rest a distinguished arrival from the far north, the pine grosbeak, a bird rarely seen in these parts, except now and then a single specimen. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Then the grosbeaks, chats, and vireos had something to say, and the sun rose higher, the light grew stronger and the breeze rustled the treetops loudly; a cow bawled and the whole barnyard answered. A Girl of the Limberlost For some time longer I hung about the glade, vainly hoping that the grosbeak would again favor my eyes. A Florida Sketch-Book If they have an ear for music, they must enjoy their wooing immensely, for there is scarcely a lovelier song than that of the male grosbeak. Nature's Serial Story Those who have heard the grosbeak describe its song as similar to that of the finch, though no doubt it is louder and stronger. Locusts and Wild Honey From its heavy beak, I at once recognized it as belonging to the family of grosbeaks. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Then a catbird and a brown thrush sang against a grosbeak and a hermit thrush. A Girl of the Limberlost But no matter; the bird was a blue grosbeak, for the sufficient reason that it could not be anything else. A Florida Sketch-Book One of our most beautiful and interesting winter visitants is the pine grosbeak. Nature's Serial Story There were clouds of birds here on the warm slopes, with the usual sprinkling along the bushy margin of the stream of scarlet grosbeaks. Winter Sunshine He'd be glad to take you back, and he can give you wood to chop, and a black-headed grosbeak to sing for you. Letters of Franklin K. Lane The grosbeak sang on, a big Turnus butterfly sailed through the arbour and poised over the table. A Girl of the Limberlost The worry and the imprecations were wasted, after all, as, Heaven be thanked, they so often are; for within two or three days I saw other blue grosbeaks and heard them sing. A Florida Sketch-Book For several winters the grosbeaks were exceedingly abundant in the vicinity of Boston, and were so tame that they could be captured in butterfly nets, and knocked down with poles. Nature's Serial Story Now and then, among the gray and brown tints, there was a dash of scarlet,—the cardinal grosbeak, whose presence was sufficient to enliven any scene. Winter Sunshine There is also the blue grosbeak, not much behind the indigo-bird in intensity of color; and among our warblers the blue tint is very common. Wake-Robin She talked to the grosbeak in exactly the same manner, as she laid strawberries and potato bugs on the fence for his family. A Girl of the Limberlost I quickened my steps, and to my delight the singer proved to be a blue grosbeak. A Florida Sketch-Book I soon discovered a superb red pine grosbeak perched on the top of a tall hemlock. Nature's Serial Story It was a lovely morning, and passing gaily through the plantations of potatoes, manioc and cassavas, we came to the nests of the sociable grosbeak, the sight of which charmed the children immensely. Swiss Family Robinson The cardinal grosbeak, or Virginia redbird, is quite common in the same localities, though more inclined to seek the woods. Wake-Robin The grosbeak had led the family in the maple abroad and a second brood, in a wild grape vine clambering over the well, was almost ready for flight. A Girl of the Limberlost The birds made frequent use of a monosyllabic call, corresponding to the calls of the purple finch and the rose-breasted grosbeak, but readily distinguishable from both. A Florida Sketch-Book Only the more hardy remain to enjoy the grandeur of the winter ocean like the chickadees and cardinal grosbeaks that enliven our winter woods. See America First There were mocking-birds, the most attractive of all birds, and blue grosbeaks, and cardinals and summer redbirds, instead of scarlet tanagers, and those wonderful singers the Bewick's wrens, and Carolina wrens. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Under the general head of finches, Audubon describes over sixty different birds, ranging from the sparrows to the grosbeaks, and including the buntings, the linnets, the snowbirds, the crossbills, and the redbirds. Wake-Robin A thousand insects were serenading, and in the maple the grosbeak occasionally said a reassuring word to his wife, while she answered that all was well. A Girl of the Limberlost The grosbeak sings the rose's birth, And paints her on his breast; The sparrow sings of speckled eggs, Soft brooded in the nest. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 The grosbeak almost rivals the tailor-bird in the beautiful formation of its nest. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Except a few old Indian trails, which the rain had half obliterated, he had no tracks to discover save Wetzel's, and these were as hard to find as the airy course of a grosbeak. The Spirit of the Border This is the character of the orchard starlings, also the tanagers and the various grosbeaks. Wake-Robin As he began to undo the box I expected to see some of our own rarer birds, perhaps the rose-breasted grosbeak or Bohemian chatterer. Wake-Robin Another pair of blue grosbeaks built in a graveyard within the city limits. 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