Location in Oregon
Blue is Winter range - Red is Summer range
Purple is Year-round range - Yellow is Migration range

Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana. Fairly common in Douglas fir, spruce, pine and aspen forests. We have hundreds of 100 feet tall Douglas firs on our eleven acres. Song is Robin-like, but horse with a pause after each phrase. Call is pit-ik or pit-er-ik. A flock of these colorful birds arrived one day for food and drink at our feeding station and then left for the Douglas fir trees. They are beautifully colored birds.