#summer tanager

[speakingofnature]

Summer Tanager

The most memorable pleasant surprises are those that occur when least expected.

[birbmania]

Summer tanager, male . . . Trap Pond State Park, Laurel, Delaware . . . 8/1/23

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Summer Tanager

Photo: Doug Greenberg

"A languid song in southern woods, sounding like a lazy robin, is the voice of the Summer Tanager. Seeing the bird may require some patience, because it usually moves rather slowly in the treetops, often remaining hidden among the leaves. At times, however, it flies out conspicuously to catch flying insects in mid-air. This bird apparently has no fear of stinging insects, often raiding wasp nests and occasionally becoming a minor nuisance around beehives."

- Audubon Field Guide

[baby-bird-beaks]

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)

© Matt Zuro

[spacey3d]

summer tanager birb and borb

[spinus-pinus]

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

11/4/2023 Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, California

This was our first and still only encounter with an adult male summer tanager! It had been reported at this location as a rare bird, so we decided to try to find it. After a while of searching in the area it had been reported, we finally gave up and walked back to our car... And surprise surprise - it was casually in a tree right above the car! What an absolutely stunning bird. It stayed mostly in the lower branches of thick trees, and so was in shadow nearly the entire time we watched it. This made for a difficult photo-taking scenario, but regardless it was so fun to watch it doing its thing!

[newbirder]

Spotted! A Summer Tanager at Rock Springs Run State Park in Florida.

[podartists]

Piranga rubra

Plate XIX | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[birdgenetics]

Birdtober 4th, 2024

The prompt for the day was "Red." I feel a little cheated by this, to be honest. We had the same prompt two years ago! But I definitely wanted to make use of my red colored pencils and draw a summer tanager, whose beautiful red plumage has inspired me to write stories.

Here is what I did for "Red" in 2022 by the way. I did this one as a practice to see how well I could draw from memory (no reference.) As you can see I have much more confidence drawing Buckeye chickens than Northern Cardinals, XD

Also I apparently did not know that 11 means November, not October.

[birdblues]

Summer Tanager

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I got a better look at the Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) this morning in Feeder City.

[birbmania]

Summer tanager, female . . . Redden State Forest, Georgetown, Delaware . . . 5/16/23

[lowcountry-gothic]

Summer tanager (Piranga rubra) in Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri. Photo by Rick Wilhoit.

[where-for-art-thou]

Guys I bought something for @slingshot-man

I named him Gem! Think he'll like it?

[spacey3d]

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) [girlie]

[pleistocene-pride]

Piranga rubra, better known as the Summer Tanager, is a species of song bird in the cardinal family Cardinalidae which is native to North, Central, and South America. They live in a variety of habitats depending on there range including montane, temperate, an tropical forests as well as dry and riverine woodlands. They feed upon insects (particularly bees and wasps), arachnids, slugs, snails, fruits, and the occasional small vertebrate such as lizards. They are typically solitary animals but are known to form pairs in the mating season and flocks with up to 30 individuals, including mixed species flocks, during migration. There are 2 subspecies: P. r. cooperi which breeds in southwest USA and north Mexico and winters in south Mexico, and P. r. rubra which breeds in the eastern USA and winters in Central and North South America. Reaching around 6.7 to 8 inches (17 to 20cms) in length, 0.9–1.2 oz (25.5 to 34grams) in weight, with an 11 to 12in (28 to 31cms) wingspan, the summer tanager is a medium sized songbird. Males are bright rose or orange-red throughout the year whilst females are olive colored above with a rich yellow or orange underside. They breed during the summer forming pairs which monogamously bond for the season. They construct a bowl shaped nest out of leaves, vines, stems, and grasses amongst a horizontal branch of a tree some 8 to 34ft (2.5 to 10.5m) above the ground. Here the female lays 3-4 pale blueish green eggs with reddish brown spots. They are incubated by there mother for 12 to 13 days straight, whilst there father feeds and protects said mother. After hatching the chicks are cared for by both parents. The young fledge after 8 to 10 days, but remain with there parents for an addition 2 to 4 weeks. Under ideal conditions a summer tanager may reach sexual maturity at a year of age and may live up to 11 years.