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Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

Photo by ShawnLaBrier
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Rural scrub desert bordering riparian

Notes:

Since I started putting out orange halves for the orioles I get Western Tanagers visiting every spring. This is one of a "season" of 6 Western Tanagers that passed through this spring.

Reference Links:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (16)
ChristyHolland
The colors are so vibrant! Great capture and spotting!
patty
Lovely bird and one who likes vitamins too ;) Nice idea to place oranges, didn´t know they were going to like them in particular. Do you happen to know if they prefer them to other sort of food? Greetings
Ashish
Welcome Shawn... Hmmm.. My observation through Project Noah is most of Yellow and Pale Green coloured (may be partially) birds possessing sweet voice... So I had habit to find their voice on internet if available like your spotted bird.
ShawnLaBrier
Thanks for pointing that out, Ashish. Now I know what to listen for next time they travel through.
Ashish
As expected sweet voice... http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Tanager/id
Sa
Great, love it!
HeatherMiller
Welcome to Project Noah! What a colorful way to start. I look forward to more of your nice photos.

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PublishedAugust 30, 2011

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