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

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 ...

Birds are a natural form of pest control to limit the number ... so when they stop to eat they can hunt for spiders too. Tanager species like the scarlet tanager also enjoy the water. A fountain or ...

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 ...

One of my favorite parts of birdwatching in the fall is trying to find birds eating berries. Many New England plants, bushes ...

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

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.

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 ...

We have added new and updated information to our Runner-up section on Bird Buddy, and added the Netvue Birdfy Feeder 2 Pro AI to What to look forward to. You may not know the difference between a ...

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 ...