A male western tanager is a flashy bird with a bright yellow body, red head, black tail and wings. Its wings have yellow or white bars. Females are a paler yellow with gray wings, but they show ...

The striking black-and-yellow western tanager, with its bright red head, is one of the more characteristic summer species of western pine forests. Although brightly plumaged, it can be quite ...

Western tanagers are fiery, eye-catching fliers. “Is this scarlet tanager’s interesting plumage (above) because of age or a seasonal thing?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Nancy Tully.

It is surprising how many rare or out-of-season birds show up at bird feeders ... warbler was a regular visitor to a Lynn feeder, a western tanager visited a feeder in Merrimac, and a dickcissel ...

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 ...

It is surprising how many rare or out-of-season birds show up at bird feeders ... warbler was a regular visitor to a Lynn feeder, a western tanager visited a feeder in Merrimac, and a dickcissel ...