Pair of Evening Grosbeaks visited the birdfeeder at the San Francisco Sierra Nevada Field Campus.
Last 3 photos show both male and female.
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) is a large, robin-sized, forest bird in the Finches and Euphonias (Fringillidae) family. It has a thick, pale green bill and white wing patch. Males are more colorful with a gold belly and dark brown head.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU) (IUCN Red List)
Law's Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, John Muir Laws, California Academy of Sciences, 2007, p. 277.
The Cornell Lab: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Evening_Grosbeak/
Audubon Guide to North American Birds: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/evening-grosbeak
Ebird: https://ebird.org/species/evegro
Comparison of similar-looking species: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9800-Coccothraustes-vespertinus
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BIRDS (Annotated References)
Law's Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, John Muir Laws, California Academy of Sciences, 2007
The Cornell Lab (Birds in U.S. and Canada, includes Compare with Similiar Species) https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Xeno-canto: Bird songs, sound recordings, bird range and migration map: https://xeno-canto.org/about/xeno-canto
Audubon Guide to North American Birds https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide
Ebird with species description, range map and sound recordings: https://ebird.org/explore
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, ed. Jon L. Dunn, 7th ed., 2017
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America, ed. Jon L. Dunn, 2008
Monterey Birds, Don Roberson, 2nd ed. 2002, sponsored by Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society
Merlin Bird ID: How to use/get the portable App (Bird ID help for 8,500+ species) https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
Comprehensive Feather I.D. tools and more: https://foundfeathers.org/resources/
Found Feathers (Worldwide): https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtool.php
How to Tell a Raven From a Crow (comparison sound recordings, photos): https://www.audubon.org/news/how-tell-raven-crow