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 ...

Most of us are familiar with the "redbird" — the local name for the northern cardinal, but cardinals are not the only red birds here in Western North Carolina. We have two additional species that ...

Summertime in SaddleBrooke is a secret we don’t share with snowbirds. Sure, we joke with them about the dry heat, tell them our summer monsoon should be renamed the summer ‘nonsoon’ and encourage them ...

These bright red birds are back and ready to haunt the forests of Alabama for the summer. Summer tanagers will hang around to breed until temperatures start to drop in the fall. With vibrant colors ...

The cardinal family includes some of our most colorful songbirds. Thirty-five species occur in North America, and another 16 species inhabit South America. Six species breed in Ohio. In winter, ...

A brightly colored bird that rips open wasp nests to find food took a supporting role in "Task," the Delco-set drama airing on HBO. The summer tanager makes his debut in the show's pilot episode, when ...

They returned this spring. Most were here by mid-April. They spent last winter in Central and South America, so their arrival follows about seven weeks of migration. As you can imagine following such ...

Some birds have interesting foraging habits and diets. The summer tanager is one of those. On several separate instances this past week, Stephanie and I observed some unusual behavior near the three ...

The birds of summer are around and a few rare ones caught the eye of some devoted fans this week.An orchard oriole and a possible female summer tanager were seen at the Trails at Pickering Ponds in ...

Bird watchers are flocking to British Columbia's Lower Mainland after a wayward summer tanager was spotted pecking at peanuts on a south Vancouver balcony over the weekend. Saturday's sighting was the ...