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 ...

The birds of summer are around and a few rare ones caught the eye of some devoted fans this week.An orchard oriole and a possible female summer tanager were seen at the Trails at Pickering Ponds in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some birds have interesting foraging habits and diets. The summer tanager is one of those. On several separate instances this past week, Stephanie and I observed some unusual behavior near the three ...

The cardinal family includes some of our most colorful songbirds. Thirty-five species occur in North America, and another 16 species inhabit South America. Six species breed in Ohio. In winter, ...

Thankfully, the trees are fully leafed out. My neighbors probably would have started to wonder about me. Of course, that process likely started long ago. I found myself standing on my roof, camera in ...