In the tropics, Tanagers number over 200 species of brightly colored small birds.

“Only a few species reach the northwest Ohio area, bringing with them a ‘taste of the tropics,’ and the pictured Scarlet Tanager is one of them,” Rossford resident Bill Heban said.

He advised that the best chance of seeing one of these dazzling beauties is during spring migration when they are typically lower to the gr…