A brightly plumed red bird has come to town, and it’s busy breeding throughout local neighborhoods — and we’re not talking about our beloved northern cardinal. The newcomer is a summer tanager that ...

RIDGELY — The Northern Cardinal is not the only red bird in our area. While it may be the easiest red bird to see, it is not the flashiest red bird in our area. The Scarlet Tanager with its brilliant ...

These bright red birds are back and ready to haunt the forests of Alabama for the summer. Summer tanagers will hang around to breed until temperatures start to drop in the fall. With vibrant colors ...

Q: A friend who’s a birdwatcher pointed out a scarlet tanager to me, and boy, do they live up to their name. Are they common in our state? A: I’m not surprised you were amazed by a scarlet tanager, ...

You’ve seen them around town. Visitors from afar, moseying about in brightly colored summer garb. No, it’s not Auntie Maude and Uncle Merle from Muskegon meandering on the mall. We’re talking about ...

A brilliant red bird — the sort you'd expect to find in a tropical forest — has made an unusual appearance in San Francisco's Glen Canyon Park. The summer tanager is what birders call a "vagrant," a ...

Perhaps the most stunning of Iowa birds is the scarlet tanager. Little can compare to the flashes of red seen on a breeding plumage male in the spring or summer, usually on a contrasting green ...

A scarlet tanager male in Warren County (Photo by Aiden Parke) “Dad, I got it, I finally got a picture of it!” was the jubilant expression I heard from my son as he proudly showed me a photo he took ...

Neotropical songbirds spend winters throughout Latin America and migrate to North America in the spring to breed and raise young until time to fly back to their winter homes in the fall. It’s a round ...

The unusual spring migration situation in May held many songbirds in place just south of New Hampshire until the storms passed. When the floodgates opened, we were treated to a colorful, song-filled ...

One of my favorite spring rituals is the Birdwatching Open at Cantigny Golf in Wheaton, held every year on World Migratory Bird Day. The 12th edition of the “the Open” took place May 8, our first ...

Most of us are familiar with the "redbird" — the local name for the northern cardinal, but cardinals are not the only red birds here in Western North Carolina. We have two additional species that ...