![Immature summer tanager on a tree limb](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/immature-male-summer-tanager84.jpg)
Did you know that summer tanagers remove stingers from bees by rubbing them on trees before eating them?
Summer Tanagers
at
a Glance
![Immature summer tanager on a tree limb](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/immature-male-summer-tanager84.jpg)
Key Features:
Male summer tanagers are red. Females are yellow.
Least Concern - Population Stable
Habitat:
Open forests, gardens, and parks
nesting habits:
Summer tanagers make their nests out of grass in trees.
seasons scarlet tanagers are active in our area:
Spring, summer
Diet:
Fruits, insects, spiders
hunting Behavior:
Summer tanagers forage in treetops.
commonly confused with:
male northern cardinals
![Male northern cardinal perched in a bare tree](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/northern-cardinal-red-river-nwr004-1598x900.jpg)
Male scarlet tanagers are often confused with male northern cardinals due to both of them being bright red birds.
![Male northern cardinal calling](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cardinal-ruston522-1600x900.jpg)
Scarlet tanagers forage in treetops, while northern cardinals will forage on the ground and in shrubbery.