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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...