because she builds the nest—usually high in an oak tree—and incubates the eggs. However, the male scarlet does step up to help feed the young. Throughout summer, scarlet tanagers are ...

The most widely known is the scarlet tanager, a summer resident of the eastern ... The female lays three to five bluish-green eggs with irregular brown spots. Find out how to attract a summer ...

Some may have dull red mixed in the plumage or may lack orange tones, resembling quite closely immature female scarlet tanagers. First-year male: mixture of red and greenish yellow, sometimes ...