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 ...

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 ...

You’ve seen them around town. Visitors from afar, moseying about in brightly colored summer garb. No, it’s not Auntie Maude and Uncle Merle from Muskegon meandering on the mall. We’re talking about ...

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 ...

The tanagers are one of the most beautiful groups of birds in the world. When you head to Latin America, various species of tanagers are high on every birder’s wish list. A lot of them are both ...

The unusual spring migration situation in May held many songbirds in place just south of New Hampshire until the storms passed. When the floodgates opened, we were treated to a colorful, song-filled ...

A scarlet tanager male in Warren County (Photo by Aiden Parke) “Dad, I got it, I finally got a picture of it!” was the jubilant expression I heard from my son as he proudly showed me a photo he took ...

Birders in the west are in the right area, but they may need luck to spot the flashy feathers of a western tanager. With ...

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 ...

Most of us are familiar with the "redbird" — the local name for the northern cardinal, but cardinals are not the only red birds here in Western North Carolina. We have two additional species that ...