T he scarlet tanager is a medium-sized songbird, 7 inches long with a wingspan of 11-1/2 inches. The male is unmistakable in summer—bright red with black wings and tail until fall.

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 ...

To coax summer tanager birds to your yard, try leaving out sweet treats like blackberries and overripe bananas, which will attract bees, too. Western Tanagers West of the Great Plains lives ...

The birds that nest here – summer tanager, blue grosbeak, indigo bunting, and Mississippi and swallow-tailed kites, and many more – are settling into their summer homes at places like Sterling ...

Summer is when we watch the miracle of nest-building, ... In Arizona, Hepatic Tanager is a common summer resident of higher elevations with pine, oak, juniper and other conifers.

Their near relative, the scarlet tanager, can also be found in Alabama during the spring and summer. But scarlet tanagers have black wings and are a deeper red than summer tanagers.

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 ...

The summer tanager, which stops in Houston to nest, is the only breeding bird in North ...

Summer tanagers are typical migrants in that they fly by night — usually resting by day. Nocturnal flight has several advantages. Night air is cooler and usually calmer — no rising thermals.

As summer begins, the massive spring migration of birds winds down. From March through early June over 65,000 birds of prey were counted crossing the Straits of Mackinac northbound by the Mackinac ...

By contrast, the male summer tanager stays red all year long. Next on the eye candy list are the “blues.” The male blue grosbeak and the male indigo bunting can be tricky to tell apart.

Colorful birds here for the summer include the ruby-throated hummingbird, eastern bluebird and scarlet tanager. Nest construction and nesting sites are as diverse as the birds themselves.