"She'd think a grosbeak was a depraved person with a large nose. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl of the Limberlost] Reference
Google: “blue grosbeak” west Virginia 10th of about 54,200. From Wordnik.com. [Referrals to Birds Etcetera] Reference
A few years ago even had a blue grosbeak show up at our feeders. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.] Reference
But in the 15 years we've lived here, we've never seen a pine grosbeak before!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
From the pictures Bobby identified a killdeer, a finch, a swallow, a grosbeak. From Wordnik.com. [Amends '82: Part Two] Reference
By coincidence, I saw my first Rose-breasted grosbeak of the season just yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.] Reference
At our place, the first grosbeak sighting of the 2007 season was a couple days ago. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.] Reference
These species comprised another wood pigeon, a Zoothera thrush, and Chaunoproctus grosbeak endemic to Bonin. From Wordnik.com. [Ogasawara subtropical moist forests] Reference
The experienced one catches a glimpse of a large, yellowish bird flickering overhead and calls out "evening grosbeak.". From Wordnik.com. [The Moment of Truth?] Reference
By coincidence, I saw my first Rose-breasted grosbeak of the season just yesterday, but it was the relatively drab female. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.] Reference
As the jarring cries of grosbeak in her feet confirmed that neither of us saw her coming, I know I understood my own weakness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Thus the catbird and rose-breasted grosbeak weave. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
The change completed the happiness of the grosbeak. From Wordnik.com. [In Nesting Time] Reference
Only one species of grosbeak appears to be common in the Himalayas. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
The others were a mocking-bird, a cardinal grosbeak, and a paroquet. From Wordnik.com. [Birds in the Bush] Reference
The grosbeak almost rivals the tailor-bird in the beautiful formation of its nest. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon] Reference
I saw a grosbeak seize, shake, and devour a caterpillar about two inches in length. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
The "social grosbeak" fabricates a republic of nests in one clump, and all under one roof. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
However, scientific books make no mention of the resemblance between the oriole and the grosbeak. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
"A pine grosbeak!" said I, in a tone of full assurance, although this was my first hearing of the song. From Wordnik.com. [The Foot-path Way] Reference
So great is the resemblance that the casual observer will, in nine cases out of ten, mistake the grosbeak for an oriole. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
In this connection, also, I recall a cardinal grosbeak, whom I heard several years ago, on the bank of the Potomac River. From Wordnik.com. [Birds in the Bush] Reference
There are doubtless good reasons for the colouring of both the grosbeak and the oriole; what these reasons are we know not. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
Being unable to get another grosbeak, I tried to give him companionship by placing a small glass against one end of his cage. From Wordnik.com. [In Nesting Time] Reference
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