#western tanager bird

[themightyfoo]

A flock of Western Tanagers stopped by my garden this morning to have a bathe

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Migratory May Day 14: Western Tanager

Reference photo by Bob Steventon

Today's my birdiversary, one year since I started getting into birdwatching :)

[podartists]

Sialia mexicana | Sialia currucoides | Piranga ludoviciana | Myadestes townsendi | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Haemorhous mexicanus | Pipilo chlorurus

Plate XX | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[hemlocksgrove]

The humble western tanager

[northernpintail]

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

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[daskibum]

:)

[birdblues]

Western Tanager

[kaxenart]

A doodle

[proton-wobbler]

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)

Chadron State Park - Fall 2023

This is an adult male, as can be told by the rich black wings and the tiniest dusting of pinky-orange feathers on the head. Male Western Tanager typically have an entirely reddish-orange head during the breeding season, but they lose that bright coloring during their fall molt.

This male had the most striking bill serration I've seen on a tanager. I didn't even really know these guys had bill serrations but here we are. As insect and fruit eaters, I'm sure this structure helps with holding onto their food.

All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey's BBL.

[soren-barnowl]

Western Tanager

June 27, 2024

Nikon Coolpix P900

[joilieder]

Western Tanager

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Western Tanager

Photo: Jerry McFarland

"A western counterpart to the Scarlet Tanager, this species occurs in summer farther north than any other tanager -- far up into northwestern Canada. Western Tanagers nest in coniferous forests of the north and the high mountains, but during migration they may show up in any habitat, including grassland and desert; the bright males often draw attention by pausing in suburban yards in late spring."

- Audubon Field Guide

[wingedjewels]

Western Tanager 1 8_6_23 by Stan Lupo Via Flickr: Another "life" bird in my son's backyard! Tiburon, CA The male has the "fiery" colors, red throat and supraorbital feathers (derived mainly from insects in the diet), and bright yellow body.

[northernpintail]

Western Tanager

[c0yoteclaws]

BIRDS!!!!! (spotted towhee, western tanager, stellars jay, blue jay)