Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male calling, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male calling, Troy, Montana

Steve Gettle / Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata) male, Costa Rica

Steve Gettle / Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata) male, Costa Rica

David Welling / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male perching on a branch. South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA, April.

David Welling / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male perching in a tree. South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA, April.

Marie Read / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) female perched beside male in breeding plumage, spring, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA, May

Marie Read / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male singing, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA, May

Marie Read / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) female holding food (caterpillar) in her bill, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA, May

David Welling / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male perched on branch, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA, April

David Welling / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) female perched on branch, South Padre Island, Texas, USA, April

David Welling / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) female perched on branch, South Padre Island, Texas, USA

Steve Gettle / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male, Huron Meadows Metropark, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male calling, Huron Meadows Metropark, Michigan

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, northwest Montana

Gerrit Vyn / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male in breeding plumage singing. Yakima County, Washington, USA, May.

Floris van Breugel / Male Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) singing and in breeding plumage, early spring in Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York.

Floris van Breugel / Male Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) in breeding plumage, early spring in Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York.

Murray Cooper / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male, Colombia

Murray Cooper / Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) male, Colombia

Murray Cooper / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male, Ecuador

Marie Read / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), male in breeding plumage perched amid beech leaves in spring, New York, USA

Marie Read / Scarlet Tanager (PIranga olivacea), male in breeding plumage perched amid spring foliage, New York, USA

George Sanker / Male Western tananger (Piranga ludoviciana) in full breeding plumage, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, May

Barry Mansell / Male Summer tanager (Piranga rubra) on branch, High Island, Texas, USA

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male with insect prey, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male in flowering tree, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, western Montana

David Kjaer / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) first summer male, Texas, USA

Thomas Marent / Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) male perched on branch, Belize

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male bathing, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra), Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male molting, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male molting, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male molting, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra), Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra} female feeding chicks at nest, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra} female on nest, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra} male bathing, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra} female on Catclaw {Acacia greggii} Hill Country, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra} male feeding on Agarita (Berberis trifoliolata) berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra} female on Catclaw {Acacia greggii} Hill Country, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra} male on Guajillo (Acacia berlandieri) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Pete Oxford / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male perching beside small Bromeliad, Andes, Ecuador

Rolf Nussbaumer / Female Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) on Mesquite tree, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. May 2005

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) South Padre Island, Texas, USA. May 2005

Tom Vezo / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male in breeding plumage at bird bath, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male singing, White Mountains, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) male perching, Madera Canyon, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male perching, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) female, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) female, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) female, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) male perching among Sunflowers, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male portrait, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Tom Vezo / Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata) male, perched in tree, Madera Canyon, Arizona

Barry Mansell / Scarlet tanager {Piranga olivaea} Texas, USA

Barry Mansell / Scarlet tanager at water {Piranga olivaea} Texas, USA

Barry Mansell / Summer tanager {Piranga rubra} Texas, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Western tanager {Piranga ludoviciana} male drinking, Colorado, USA

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager {Piranga olivaea} male, Long Island, NY, USA.

David Welling / Male Scarlet tanager {Piranga olivaea}, Texas, USA

DAVID TIPLING / Male Summer tanager {Piranga rubra} portrait, perching on wire, Panama.

Tom Vezo / Scarlet tanager female (Piranga olivacea) Long Island, NY USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Scarlet tanager {Piranga olivaea} South Padre Island, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Scarlet tanager {Piranga olivaea}, South Padre Island, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Summer tanager {Pirange rubra} male, South Padre Island, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Scarlet tanager {Piranga olivaea} South Padre Island, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Scarlet tanager {Piranga olivaea} with winter plumage perching on Mesquite tree, South Padre Island, Texas, USA.

Tom Vezo / Portrait of Scarlet tanager male {Piranga olivaea}, Long Island, New York, USA

David Kjaer / Summer tanager, male {Piranga rubra} Arizona, USA

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male perching in Pine tree, Long Island, New York

Tom Vezo / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) perching in flowering tree, Long Island, New York

Steve Gettle / Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) male, Michigan

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male calling, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) male, Montana