Often taken for granted, the brightly plumaged male summer tanager is one of the more spectacular breeding birds of North America ... unmistakable—all bright red—and achieves its brightest ...

In mountain pine forests of the Southwest, from southern Colorado to Arizona and western Texas, a pair of tanagers—a red male and yellow female—might look like summer tanagers at first glance.

The striking black-and-yellow western tanager, with its bright red head, is one of the more characteristic summer species of western pine forests. Although brightly plumaged, it can be quite ...

Birders in the west are in the right area, but they may need luck to spot the flashy feathers of a western tanager. With bright red heads ... these birds are hard to find, often hiding in the ...