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Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks Unit Study

May 6, 2021 by Sallie Borrink
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While we were preparing lunch, I remarked that the rose-breasted grosbeaks should be returning soon. It’s usually the second week of May we start to see them at the feeders in our part of West Michigan. Five minutes later I looked out and there he was! The first grosbeak of the season.

The beautiful rose-breasted grosbeaks make a wonderful learning theme along with birds in general. I’ve assembled some ideas below so you can enjoy learning about these birds with your children. If learning with themes is new to you, check out my post on How to Create a Unit Study. To make planning your unit study as easy as possible, I created Learning with Themes Activity Pack. It contains 41 pages of printables and worksheets that can be used with virtually any learning theme, including birds and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks.

Table of Contents

  • Planning A Rose Breasted Grosbeak Theme
  • Identifying Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks
  • Feeding Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks
  • Breeding & Migration Map
  • Learning Activities
  • More Reading About Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks
  • More Fun Facts About Birds
  • Bird Guides & Books About Birds

Planning A Rose Breasted Grosbeak Theme

Theme Planner: All of the single page printables shown on this page are in the pack, including this planning page you can use to list your ideas for your particular family.

Identifying Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks

Both the female and male have a body and beak shape that makes them easier to distinguish from other birds. (Can you tell the ways that they are similar to the cardinals to whom they are related?)

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Male Markings: The males are so distinctive in their coloring that you can’t miss them when they show up. They are beautiful when they fly because you can see the white and black markings so clearly.

Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Female Markings: The females have the distinctive white marking around their eyes. It makes it easier to identify them from a distance.

Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Songs: Rose-breasted grosbeaks have a beautiful song. They sound much like a robin, but you can learn to tell the difference. Here is one singing.

Feeding Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks

Many people choose not to put out birdseed in the spring and summer since the birds have an abundance of food around them throughout nature. We feed year round for two reasons. One, the birds are like our pets. Two, if we didn’t feed all year we would never see the summer birds such as the grosbeaks.

We put three or four different bird feeders out the first year we moved in and were thrilled to see grosbeaks. We had only seen them once or twice before at our feeders in the city. Now that we’ve been feeding them for a number of years, we will have four or five pairs each year. They come to the feeders like clockwork each day and we can enjoy watching them while we eat. They especially love eating from our birdfeeder like this one.

Here are a male and female eating together. They love black oil sunflower seeds which is what we put out year round. It gives birds the most nutrition and it is far better than putting out cheaper mixed seed.

Breeding & Migration Map

This map from Wikipedia shows their breeding and migration patterns. The light yellow is the breeding range. The orange is the migration only range. The blue is the wintering range. I am always amazed that our birds fly far away and then return to our feeder again the next spring!

Rose-breasted_Grosbeak-rangemap

Create your own map for your theme.

Learning Activities

Vocabulary, Spelling & Word Search: Here is a list of words you can use for vocabulary or spelling activities during your study.

  • grosbeak
  • nesting
  • black oil sunflower
  • ornithology
  • chink
  • deciduous
  • songbird
  • eyebrow
  • triangular bill

Word Search Puzzle: For fun, create a word search using the word list above.

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Facts: Use this simple printable as a fun way to keep track of important facts or your favorite facts you learn about rose-breasted grosbeaks.

Comparing Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks to Other Birds: How do rose-breasted grosbeaks compare to other birds you might see more often? Complete a Venn diagram to compare them with another type of bird (cardinal, blue jay, sparrow, etc.).

Write About Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Write a factual report or fictional story about these pretty birds.

More Reading About Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks

Learn more interesting facts about rose-breasted grosbeaks at these websites:

  • Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Rose-Breasted Grosbeak an Audubon Guide to North American Birds

More Fun Facts About Birds

If you are interested in learning even more about birds, here are some fun resources from my printables shop.

Birds Fun Facts CardsBirds Copywork – Print & Cursive

Bird Guides & Books About Birds

Every home should have a couple of bird books on hand so you can grab them and look up new birds that visit your yard.

Birds, Nests & EggsBirds, Nests & EggsNational Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North AmericaNational Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North AmericaNational Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North AmericaNational Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North AmericaBirds: Explore the world of our feathered friendsBirds: Explore the world of our feathered friendsNational Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern RegionNational Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region

Have fun learning about this beautiful part of creation!


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