Female Western Tanager Females and young males are less showy, sporting muted yellow bodies with black wings and a grey back. Check out the vibrant tanager species you should know.

Western tanagers migrated northward from Costa Rica and Panama this spring, appearing locally in large numbers in May. They are usually found in small flocks, often mixed with black-headed grosbeaks.

Western tanagers have been a common sight along the Clark Fork River in downtown Missoula recently. The sparrow-size songbirds have migrated up from the Amazon Basin to nest in the conifer forests ...

The western tanager competes strongly for the most beautiful bird in Idaho. Mountain bluebirds, lazuli buntings, black-headed grosbeaks, calliope hummingbirds, ...

Within hours both agreed it wasn't a western tanager, which would have been rare enough for Wisconsin. Instead they said it was the rarest of all sightings in the Badger State: a flame-colored ...

At a glance, the male western tanager looks like a little flame, its ruby head blending seamlessly into its bright, lemon-colored body. Females are less showy, a dusty yellow. The birds spend ...

Western tanagers are migratory birds that are present in Northern California in the spring and again in late summer. A new study shows that observations by 'citizen scientists' using apps such as ...

The western tanager, in contrast, has been described as a “robin with a sore throat,” with a song that is quite similar in pattern to that of the more common bird, but hoarser in tone.

John Hebberger, Jr. appreciated the week’s rain that was most needed. At home, he and Sue have been seeing many of the usual: ...

Bird song is beautiful and fascinating. I love hearing the first songs of returning lazuli buntings, western tanagers and Bullock’s orioles this time of year. And it’s fun to chase ...