Female tanager birds dig flamboyant males. So to build plumage that really pops with orange or red or yellow, a male has to eat fruits and absorb their carotenoids. The fancy feathers he produces then ...

Birds with red coloration get birders and non-birders alike excited. Most birds are rather drab, so orioles, warblers, and any bird with splotches of bright colors (orange or yellow or red or even ...

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 ...

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 offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a scarlet tanager is the "first-ever documented hybrid of its kind." The new hybrid songbird, affectionately called the "tanabeak," was found in the ...

The offspring of a scarlet tanager and rose-breasted grosbeak—distantly related birds whose evolutionary paths diverged 10 million years ago—was recently found in Pennsylvania. A hybrid produced by a ...

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 ...

CUDAHY – Twenty people clustered at noon Sunday on the edge of the Lake Michigan cliff at Sheridan Park. There, perched 50 feet above the shoreline, they had a commanding view of the inland sea. But ...