But the male is a more brick red color, not rose-red like a summer tanager, and the female is a richer yellow with gray cheeks. These are hepatic tanagers, members of a tropical species that’s ...

Adult males differ from the scarlet tanager by lacking black wings. The male hepatic tanager is more brick red in color and has a grayer bill, grayer flanks, and a dark grayish cheek patch.

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 ...

Lee's husband, Marc, writes that the bird is "a relatively rare visitor: a Summer Tanager. He knows that Fremont is a wonderful place to visit." Thank you for sharing your photos with Patch readers.