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Staying close to home to get some chores done, and do a little prep for potential severe weather this afternoon and overnight. This involves commons sense things like clear any potential flyers out of the yard, make sure the path to the storm shelter is clear, service vehicles, catch up with book keeping, listen to The Blue Notebooks, do backups.

A photo from a hike last week - a chance encounter with a female Summer Tanager. Hope to be back on trails this week between volunteer days.

Stay safe out there.

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A large olive, yellow and green bird with a distinctive bill. This is larger than a bunting so likely a Female Summer Tanager.

Nom Nom Nom Nom… A #SummerTanager scarfing down a delightful snack

A vivid red bird, chomping on an insect in a tree

He finally turned around. #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #HoosierMast #summertanager

A completely red bird with an orange tint, of medium size, sits on the cup filled with grape jelly. He is a male summer tanager. I first saw him last year in late April, when I was stuck in the recliner after having my knee replaced. He really likes jelly and usually comes for it in the morning and evening. Today he arrived in the middle of the day, so he must be hungry. Last year, he was joined by a female, but so far, I haven't seen any females around.

🌎 Summer tanager (Piranga rubra) #NorthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds #CaribbeanBirds | #SummerTanager #Tanagers #Songbirds #PerchingBirds | #birds #birdsoftheworld 🦜 Photo by FranciscoJavierCoradoR

🌎 Summer tanager (Piranga rubra)

The male Summer tanager (pictured) is a striking bird with a vibrant, all-over red plumage. The female is duller, with an olive-green back and yellow-green underparts. Both sexes have a pale bill and a distinctive, whistled song. They are typically found in the mid-canopy of deciduous or mixed forests, where they forage for insects by sallying out from branches or gleaning them from leaves. Their diet also includes berries and fruit. Two subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Found across southern North America, they migrate to Mexico, Central America and northern South America for the winter months.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes (Passerines/Perching birds)
Family: Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, and Pirangas)
Genus: Piranga
Species: P. rubra

CC: BCWW

📷: Photo by FranciscoJavierCoradoR via Pixabay

Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii), a common shrub #native to the central US that can grow from seed or from root sprouts. The abundant fruits in late summer/early autumn are a terrific source of carbohydrates for migrating #birds seeking #fruits to help fatten up for #migration. Today I noticed a #SummerTanager using its #hover #gleaning behavior to pluck the fruits. That's one more satisfied customer, bulking up for its impending sojourn to #Peru!

Round white fruits of Roughleaf Dogwood, against a brick wall backdrop.

A hooded warbler (male), a yellow-bellied sapsucker, a summer tanager, and a prothonotary warbler, from recent weeks in Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.

More here: https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/into-spring

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Close-up of a bright yellow bird with soulful black eyes, which looks like it's wearing a monk's cowl

A black-and-white bird with a red crown, wings raised, is about to lift off from an almost horizontal tree trunk

A fire-red bird with a thick orange bill is munching on a wasp

A Summer Tanager. Bird names are often misleading. 1: It won’t be summer for months. 2: This bird is in the Cardinal family, not the Tanager family. Name aside, this “Summer” “Tanager” is authentically gorgeous.
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A brilliantly bright bird, the color of ripe cherries from head to toe.

Not a goldfinch.

This morning, when I took this photograph, my initial thought was that it was the first goldfinch I've seen since Spring. I was going to write about seasons changing and birds starting to migrate. But I was off base, though I saw leaves starting to fall. I think this is a female Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) though scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) is another possibility. The wings aren't visible, but summer tanagers are a brighter yellow than the scarlets. She briefly visited this morning.

"The Summer Tanager is a bee and wasp specialist. It catches these insects in flight and kills them by beating them against a branch. Before eating a bee, the tanager rubs it on the branch to remove the stinger. Summer Tanagers eat larvae, too: first they get rid of the adults, and then they tear open the nest to get the grubs." - allaboutbirds.org

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This tanager perches on a small bare crepe myrtle treetop. Her body faces the camera, but her head turns to the left (her right). Her light tan beak is thick and longish, the upper beak curves slightly over the lower at the end giving her an overbite look, the end of the lower beak is black. Her eye is dark, and her head feathers are bright yellow though there is a bit of tan in front of and around her eyes. The front of her body is also bright yellow. The underside of the folded tail is yellow and notched at the end, but the yellow color is darker as if shaded by darker feathers on the top of the tail. Her feet are pinkish tan and hold on to the branch, right foot high and left foot low.

"Summer Tanagers are medium-sized, chunky songbirds with big bodies and large heads. They have large, thick, blunt-tipped bills. Adult male Summer Tanagers are entirely bright red. Females and immature males are bright yellow-green—yellower on the head and underparts and slightly greener on the back and wings. The bill is pale. Molting immature males can be patchy yellow and red." - allaboutbirds.org

Think fast. ⚾

The consensus among my Mastodon friends, is that this is probably a female or juvenile Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra). So, keep that in mind as you read the below paragraph. I'm convinced and will file it as a summer tanager.

This post has nothing to do with baseball. The dogs and I were on our walk yesterday, and this bird was flittering around the edge of the forest. I just had enough time to lift my camera and focus. The camera took two photographs, but the bird was already moving. It didn't go far, just enough to hide behind the tree leaves preventing me from getting a better photo. I'm pretty sure this is a yellow warbler though it is hard to be certain given the angle of the photos. I'm filing it under yellow warbler unless someone else can make a more definitive identification that is not a yellow warbler.

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This tanager is on a branch deep in a tree facing to the left and is getting ready to bounce to a better concealed position. The bird is mostly yellow. It even has a short yellow beak. Its head and neck are stretched forward indicating its decision to move, its eye is dark and there is a faint darker line running from the beak to the back of the head. Its breast is mostly yellow but near the rear under the wings there is a dark spot. Its difficult to see the back and wings but they appear yellow as well, but maybe a yellow with some dark feathers mixed. The tail sticks up in the back and is yellow.

"Summer Tanagers are medium-sized, chunky songbirds with big bodies and large heads. They have large, thick, blunt-tipped bills. Adult male Summer Tanagers are entirely bright red. Females and immature males are bright yellow-green—yellower on the head and underparts and slightly greener on the back and wings. The bill is pale. Molting immature males can be patchy yellow and red. " - allaboutbirds.org

Had an absolute beauty of a time birding at #RondeauProvincialPark. Finding this first spring male #SummerTanager was a real treat, but put it this way: if birds were candy I'd be taking an ambulance to the dentist - what?!
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Summer tanager

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Summer Tanager Eating Bee II
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... by Bob Ellis

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