summer tanager (male) (Piranga rubra) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

migrating thru the texas gulf coast.
The only entirely red bird in North America, the Summer Tanager is a bird of southern forests. It specializes in eating bees and wasps, both in the summer and on its wintering grounds in Central and South America.

Reference Links:

Summer Tanager, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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thanks Fyn

thanks Raymundo

thanks Ali

thanks Mona

thanks Yuko

What an amazing series! Breathtaking!

Beautiful bird... Stunning !!!

Ali Hemati Pour

Very Beautiful!

RaymundoSanchezTacsan

Excelente!

I would suggest adding your amazing bird shots to the "Birds of Texas" mission --- http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/10490109

thanks ReikoS

Beautiful!

I think this is mulberries from mulberry tree

Spring in Texas is early!

alicelongmartin

You already have blackberries! My radishes are just coming up!

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