The striking rose-breasted grosbeak is a common bird of wooded habitats across ... Yellow wing linings. Winter male: molts into winter plumage before migrating. Brown-edged head and upperparts ...

In winter, their numbers are boosted by migrating starlings from northern Europe. Their plumage has a glossy purple and green sheen, but they can be confused with blackbirds (Turdus merula), another ...

But the birds — known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and long curved beak — don't instinctively know which direction to fly to migrate without the ...

At sea they are usually found close to shore and, during the summer months ... vocal nature while on the water. During fall the birds undergo a full body and wing moult into winter plumage with ...