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Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Description:

Mentioned in the Cornell site as being the only all red male bird in North America. So the description is all red medium sized songbird with a pale medium length bill. Tail and wings are a darker red. Diet is mostly insects especially bees and wasps. But also can be found eating seeds like this one.

Habitat:

This one was found in a grove of Eucalyptus and would come down to the bird feeders in this backyard

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2 Comments

Jellis
Jellis 8 years ago

Thank you Luis

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Lovely bird!

Jellis
Spotted by
Jellis

Half Moon Bay, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 12, 2016
Submitted on Mar 14, 2016

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