Female Grossbeak
Rose breasted grosbeak female perched on tree branch with nesting material in bill at point.
Female grossbeak. The adult female has dark grey brown upperparts darker on wings and tail a white supercilium a buff stripe along the top of the head and black streaked white underparts which except in the center of the belly have a buff tinge. Rose breasted grosbeak female 700707. Rose breasted grosbeak female 700684. Listen too for their distinctive voices.
They are broad chested with a short neck and the tail is squared and medium in length. Immatures are similar but with. Normally the female grosbeaks arrive a week after the males. Bursting with black white and rose red male rose breasted grosbeaks are like an exclamation mark at your bird feeder or in your binoculars.
Look for these birds in forest edges and woodlands. The wing linings are yellowish and on the upperwing are two white patches like in the summer male. These birds are stocky with a large head and very large pinkish colored triangular bills. This proves to be true this year.
Females and immatures are streaked brown and white with a bold face pattern and enormous bill. The female rose breasted grosbeak is a medium sized songbird 7 8 in 18 21 cm. They sound like american robins but listen for an extra sweetness as if the bird had operatic training. Rose breasted grosbeak female perched on branch in point pelee national park leamington ontario 700707 pheucticus.