Five birds share the name grosbeak and sport thick bills—but the similarities stop there. Look for these colorful fliers throughout the U.S.

Male Scarlet Tanagers seem almost too bright and exotic for northeastern woodlands. These birds are fairly common in oak forests in summer, but they often remain out of sight as they forage in the ...

Adult males differ from the scarlet tanager by lacking black wings ... Breeding: nesting birds arrive mid-April–early May. Migration: nomiate rubra is mainly a trans-Gulf migrant, common ...

The striking black-and-yellow western tanager ... but when compared to the scarlet, the Western has a grayer back, a longer tail, and a larger bill. A common bird of western coniferous forests ...

Birds are among the most common wildlife we encounter regularly. From the Blue Jays quarreling at a suburban backyard feeder to the flash of a Scarlet Tanager off a wooded trail to the Rock Pigeons ...

Ahead of the breeding season, male birds are usually at their peak of colorfulness, using their bold plumage to catch the eye of a potential mate. Some color changes can be particularly dramatic, with ...

College students learn about birds in the Smokies and Ecuador in a Comparative Temperate–Tropical Ecology and Biogeography ...

Complete Guide to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia including things to do, where to stay, camping, history, and so m ...

Watch for their tracks. Do you find any others? Scarlet Tanager Several species of birds may be found near here. Listen for the “chick-a-dee dee-dee” and “fee-bee” sounds of the black-capped chickadee ...

Birdwatchers in the Cayman Islands are set for a bumper weekend as recent storms and the start of autumn migration have created the perfect opportunity to tick elusive rare birds off their wish lists.

They are “our” Neotropical migrant birds. Long-distance travelers like scarlet tanager, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, and the North American wood warblers — the ...