Broadly distributed west of the 104th meridian, the Western Tanager ranges farther north than any other tanager, breeding up to 60? N. At the northern limit of its distribution, this tanager may spend ...

With their brilliant red faces and sunshine yellow bodies, Western Tanagers look like they belong in the tropics instead of the coniferous forests of the inter-mountain West. And in this case, looks ...

Spring migration is a wonderful time of the year. This year was no exception. Hummingbirds, warblers, grosbeaks, orioles and tanagers descended upon Santa Fe and surrounding communities. Western ...

A few days ago I stood within a swirl of flashing color at Great Sand Dunes National Park. The Western Tanagers had returned. The Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, is a likely candidate for the ...

There is probably no other common bird in the Upper Clark Fork River Valley that is as strikingly beautiful as the western tanager. It is a mountain species that migrates through the valley in May.

My home pond has been rather quiet lately. Two or three unemployed male mallards loaf around companionably while their females are egg-sitting. Sometimes, just one male is there, a female (a ...

If you mixed together the colors of a cardinal, a canary, and a crow, you might come up with a western tanager, a songbird that graces the cover of many bird guides, including the second Colorado ...

It's May, and right on time, the Western tanagers are here. The colorful songbirds fly to Portland from Central America, and delighted residents from all over the city call the Audubon Society to ...

One of my favorite spring rituals is the Birdwatching Open at Cantigny Golf in Wheaton, held every year on World Migratory Bird Day. The 12th edition of the “the Open” took place May 8, our first ...