Finches and Friends

From Cornell Lab of Ornithology 

A clear look at the Western Tanager is like looking at a flame: an orange-red head, brilliant yellow body, and coal-black wings, back and tail. These birds live in open woods all over the West, particularly among evergreens, where they often stay hidden in the canopy. Nevertheless, they’re a quintessential woodland denizen in summertime, where they fill the woods with their short, burry song and low, chuckling call notes.