Often taken for granted, the brightly plumaged male summer tanager is one of the more spectacular breeding birds of North America. The uniform bloodred feathers seen against a bright green ...

Birders in the west are in the right area, but they may need luck to spot the flashy feathers of a western tanager ... Despite the bold field marks, these birds are hard to find, often hiding ...

He said seeing the scarlet tanager was worth the wait. "I was looking in one direction and the darn bird came scooping right above my head and then going into another path. It was just teasing me ...

The striking black-and-yellow western tanager, with its bright red head, is one of the more characteristic summer species of western pine forests. Although brightly plumaged, it can be quite ...