#tanagers

[simplified-birds]

Simplified bird #37 - scarlet tanager

( requested by @uneasymeerkat )

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

These birds are real bloodsuckers! Vampire finches get their unique feeding habits. Individuals use their sharp beaks to create shallow wounds in the body and wings of larger birds like boobies, and drink the exposed blood as a supplement to their diet of insects. However, their victims don't seem to mind-- it's thought that this behaviour also removes parasites from their host's feathers.

(Image: A vampire finch (Geospiza septentrionalis) grabbing a drink, by Simon Pierce)

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[spinus-pinus]

Black-backed Tanager Stilpnia peruviana

8/2024 São Paulo, Brazil

Luciano Bernardes via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC

[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

[feather-bone]

Capybaras and Brazilian Tanagers :-)

Take it easy, man - but take it!

[ID: an illustration of two capybaras - one laying down and one sitting - facing to the left with a serene expression. Red and black birds fly by, and one bird is perched on a capybara’s head. They are on a jade green background with yellow and white flowers. End.]

[antiqueanimals]

Black-crowned tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum)

Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

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[nathanielbellows]

Tanagers (detail)

[heartnosekid]

blue dacnis & sombre hummingbird fighting for the flower | source

[wingedjewels]

Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis) by Jorge Luis Cruz Alcivar Via Flickr: During our recent bird photography adventure, we had the incredible fortune of capturing images of 63 different tanager species. Among the highlights was the stunning Blue-necked Tanager. Photo taken at: San Jorge Eco-lodge Tandayapa - Hummingbird Sanctuary Photography & birding trips in Ecuador lead by Jorge Cruz: www.sanjorgeecolodges.com Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Facebook © Jorge Luis Cruz Alcivar

[catrocketship]

Fat Bird - Black Capped Tanager by Mike Mitchell

[crankydevon]

blue and black tanagers

[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!

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Scarlet Tanager

Photo: David Remsen

"Male Scarlet Tanagers seem almost too bright and exotic for northeastern woodlands. These birds are fairly common in oak forests in summer, but they often remain out of sight as they forage in the leafy upper branches. Sometimes in spring, when the Scarlet Tanagers have just arrived from their winter home in South America, a late freeze will force them out in the open as they search for insects on roadsides or in gardens."

- Audubon Field Guide

[pmg227]

Favorite Bird Pics June '24

“And here is where nature mocks you absolutely. Birds don’t work on your schedule. They don’t care an iota for your plans or desires. They ridicule your fantasy that you are in control of what it is you see. They appear when they want to and disappear accordingly.” Julia Zarankin in Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder Baby Barred Owls Daddy Downy Woodpecker feeding baby Eastern…

[the-unicorns-of-nienna]

[Image Description: a photograph of a bright green bird clinging to a branch. End image description.]

Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa, Ecuador

photograph by Dušan Brinkhuizen 

[antiqueanimals]

Yellow-faced grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) (male)

Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

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