Scarlet tanagers use their fairly thick bills to ... Passing migrants can show up almost anywhere. Range maps provided by Kaufman Field Guides, the official field guide of Birds & Blooms.

It had been a long time since I last saw a breeding male scarlet tanager. Eight years, in fact. And then, wow! It was just outside the door, sipping at the bubble rock on our little patio.

The offspring of a scarlet tanager and rose-breasted grosbeak—distantly related birds whose evolutionary paths diverged 10 million years ago—was recently found in Pennsylvania. A hybrid ...

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 ...