Females more problematic and can be confused with either female scarlet or hepatic tanagers, lacking all orange tones. Note yellow undersurface of tail in the summer, lacking in the scarlet.

FREMONT, CA — Lee Vitale snapped these photos of a red bird on her backyard bird feeder. Lee's husband, Marc, writes that the bird is "a relatively rare visitor: a Summer Tanager. He knows that ...

Check out more gorgeous photos of western tanagers ... 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.