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Piranga olivacea
Green bird, yellow belly, dark wings with (2?) side bars, large eyes, and reddish beak.
Puddle in backyard: yard is in forest on mountain top near river
Tried Merlin app to identify but couldn’t really see an exact match. It seems it had some bar markings that the suggested birds didn’t have. Suggested were: female/Juvenile male scarlet tanager or female/juvenile male painted bunting. Contacted Cornell, they confirm juvenile male scarlet tanager. Such a surprise! Hope he returns again when he’s red 😄
Spotted on Oct 2, 2021
Submitted on Oct 4, 2021
2 Comments
Thank you Sukanya!
Since you have well and truly ID-ed it...perhaps you would like to also include its scientific name.
Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_ta...