It had been a long time since I last saw a breeding male scarlet tanager. Eight years, in fact. And then, wow! It was just outside the door, sipping at the bubble rock on our little patio. What made ...

As I often do at this time of the year, in the morning I go out onto the porch with coffee in hand to see what, if anything, is going on in the flower gardens and at the feeders. When it’s really warm ...

Birdwatchers flocked to a residential cu-de-sac after an ultra-rare species was spotted in Yorkshire for the first time. The bird is believed to be a scarlet tanager, which arrived in Shelf, near ...

This is a male scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). The scarlet tanager is a vibrant songster of eastern hardwood forests. Widespread breeders in the East, they are long-distance migrants that move all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have identified a new, rare hybrid of two songbirds found in the woods of western Pennsylvania. The offspring of a ...

In late April and early May, once the oaks, the maples, the poplars begin spreading out new green leaves to create a concealing woodland canopy, a familiar song can be heard from the treetops. Upon ...