Western tanagers extend east to western Texas and north through central New Mexico, central Colorado, extreme northwest Nebraska, and areas of western South Dakota to southern Northwest Territories, Canada.

Western tanagers do not typically occur in the Caribbean lowlands.

Western tanagers have also been observed in saltcedar ( Tamarix spp.

Western tanagers were also observed in saltcedar communities during fall migration in along the Rio Grande.

Western tanagers migrate alone or in groups of up to 30 birds.

Western tanagers arrive on their breeding grounds in spring.

Western tanagers can live several years.

Western tanagers breed at a wide range of elevations from about 330 feet ( 100 m ) in the Northwest up to 10, 000 feet ( 3, 050 m ).

Western tanagers were observed on an Arizona site 8, 270 feet ( 2, 520 m ) in elevation and on a site at 9, 500 feet ( 2, 900 m ) in Nevada.

Western tanagers only breed in stands of pole-to large-sized trees and stands of pole-to medium-sized trees with > 70 % canopy cover.

Western tanagers forage in many habitats.

Western tanagers foraged on larger trees, with nearly 80 % of observations on trees with a trunk diameter of more than about 8 inches ( 20. 0 cm ) and over 80 % of observations occurring on trees 33 feet ( 10 m ) or taller.

Western tanagers had higher densities in mature ( 33 feet, > 10 m tall ) conifer plots and young conifer / mature conifer transition plots than in young ( 3 – 33 feet, 1 – 10 m tall ) conifer plots in British Columbia.

Western tanagers occurred at an average density of 53. 2 birds / 100 ha in sawtimber Douglas-fir stands (> 80 – 150 years old ), 37. 0 / 100 ha in mature Douglas-fir stands (> 100 years old ), and 3. 1 / 100 ha in sapling Douglas-fir stands (< 20 years old ) in northern California.

Western tanagers appear to prefer large trees.

Western tanagers avoid continuous canopy.

Western tanagers primarily glean from foliage.

Western tanagers gleaned from twigs in 10 % of observations and from branches in 5 % of observations.

Western tanagers eat fruits (~ 18 %) and a wide range of insects (~ 82 %).

Western tanagers have been observed foraging on Perry's agave ( Agave parryi ) nectar.

Many of them, moreover, are beginning to complain about the scarcity of Western amusements and to ridicule the old life of the bazaar merchant, the mullah, and the peasant.

That time is now past and the Atlantic nations, if they are to survive, must develop a full-fledged community, and they must also look beyond the frontiers of `` Western civilization '' toward a world-wide `` concert of free nations ''.

Fortunately both the Republicans and America's chief Western allies now are joined behind the neutral Laos aim of the President.

It is quite evident that the people of Western Europe are overwhelmingly opposed to participation in a nuclear war.

A few newer homes have Western flush toilets, but even with running water, they are usually Eastern style.

Many of the features of the homes are the latest modern devices in American homes, but an interesting blend of cultures finds us using Japanese artfulness in our own Western architecture at the same time that the Japanese are adopting Western utility patterns.

`` They are determined '', Montgomery writes, `` not to be surprised again, and now insist on a state of readiness for war which is not only unnecessary, but also creates nervousness among other nations in the Western Alliance -- not to mention such great suspicions among the nations of the Eastern bloc that any progress towards peaceful coexistence or disarmament is not possible ''.

Modern music is available in several facets: raï music is a style typical of Western Algeria with his two fiefs are Oran and Sidi Bel Abbès.

For example, in modern Western cultures, there are alternative styles of clothing that characterized older and younger generations.

The majority of abalone species are found in cold waters, off the Southern Hemisphere coasts of New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, and Western North America and Japan in the Northern Hemisphere.

A distinctive West Arabic variant of the symbols begins to emerge around the 10th century in the Maghreb and Al-Andalus, called ghubar (" sand-table " or " dust-table ") numerals, which are the direct ancestor of the modern Western Arabic numerals used throughout the world.

Hence, from the point of view of the reader, numerals in Western texts are written with the highest power of the base first whereas numerals in Arabic texts are written with the lowest power of the base first.

This is because there are three different families of Biblical texts, Byzantine, Western, or Alexandrian.

The manuscripts from the Western text-type ( as represented by the Codex Bezae ) and the Alexandrian text-type ( as represented by the Codex Sinaiticus ) are the earliest survivors.

They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon, planets, which are analyzed by their movement through signs of the zodiac ( spatial divisions of the ecliptic ) and by their aspects ( angles ) relative to one another.

Furthermore, in many Western and Eastern cultures alike, traits such as body hair are rarely depicted in art that addresses physical beauty.

Sculpture and performance art are prominent, and abstract and partially abstracted forms are valued, and were valued long before influence from the Western tradition began in earnest.

These are the first pure landscape studies known in Western art.

Many of his writings, prayers and letters are extant, and his discourses with the Western Bahá ' ís emphasize the growth of the faith by the late 1890s.

Transatlantic travel played a major role in the expansion of Western civilization into the Americas.

Trinitarianism remained the dominant doctrine in all major branches of the Eastern and Western Church and later within Protestantism until modern times.

Scholars have mapped at least four major regional variations of spoken American English: Northern, Southern, Midland, and Western.

The major addition was the Western Military Command ( Comando Militar do Oeste-CMO ), whose territory encompasses the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul ( previously under the Second Army territory ), and Rondônia ( previously under the CMA ).

The Bauhaus had a major impact on art and architecture trends in Western Europe, the United States, Canada and Israel in the decades following its demise, as many of the artists involved fled, or were exiled, by the Nazi regime.

Allenby's force, now including Indian Army units which replaced a number of British units sent to the Western Front, captured the southern Jordan Valley in 1918 and carried out two major, but unsuccessful attacks to Amman and Es Salt and occupied part of the Jordan Valley, during preparations for his final successful assault in September at the Battle of Megiddo.

Further minimizing reliance on a single major partner, successive Czech governments have welcomed U. S. investment ( amongst others ) as a counterbalance to the strong economic influence of Western European partners, especially of their powerful neighbour, Germany.

In most major eastern cities in China, there are very limited Islamic / Halal restaurants, which are typically run by migrants from Western China ( e. g., Uyghurs ), they primarily offer inexpensive noodle soups only.

There was a general reduction in the number of cavalry regiments in the British, French, Italian and other Western armies but it was still argued with conviction ( for example in the 1922 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ) that mounted troops had a major role to play in future warfare.

Christmas in Poland is a major annual celebration, as in most countries of the Western world.

Knuth had a difficult time choosing physics over music as his major at Case Institute of Technology ( now part of Case Western Reserve University ).

When the Western renamed itself the American League for 1900, it was still a minor league, but next year it broke with the National Agreement and declared itself major, openly competing with the National League for players, and for fans in three contested cities.

In April 2006, Margaret Witt, a major in the United States Air Force who was being investigated for homosexuality filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on the grounds that DADT violates substantive due process, the Equal Protection Clause, and procedural due process.

A situation that has been often cited of this was the oil crisis of the 1970s, which some economists see as a major cause of the inflation experienced in the Western world in that decade.

A major phase in the development of Western esotericism begins in the Renaissance, partly as the result of various attempts to revive such earlier movements.

Greece owns one Telecommunications Satellite, named Hellas-sat, which provides telecommunication services in a major part of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

A second major reason was that the opposition's peace feelers to the Western Allies did not meet with success.

Granville railway station is a major station on the South line and Western line of the CityRail network.

Granville has a major college of Technical and Further Education, which is part of the South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

This was the third major earthquake to hit Western Hispaniola following the 1751 and 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquakes, and the last until the devastating earthquake of 2010.

After a major currency devaluation in 1990, average Honduran workers were among the most poorly paid workers in the Western Hemisphere.

A major source of zircon ( and hence hafnium ) ores are heavy mineral sands ore deposits, pegmatites particularly in Brazil and Malawi, and carbonatite intrusions particularly the Crown Polymetallic Deposit at Mount Weld, Western Australia.

About 8, 600 died in the largest German epidemic of the late 19th century, and the last major cholera epidemic in a major city of the Western world.

After being appointed as mine manager at the age of 23, he led a major program of expansion for the Sons of Gwalia gold mine at Gwalia, Western Australia, and brought in many Italian immigrants to cut costs and counter the union militancy of the Australian miners.