Saturday, April 19, 2014

Summer Tanager - Female

It's time for the Summer Tanagers to arrive in Tucson. Also time to get back to my alphabetical series of my "'5" Star Photos. And next up is the Summer Tanager, starting with a female. Summer Tanagers are a nice find. The Summer Tanager is a migratory bird, spending its summers in the Southern US, and winters in the Northern parts of South America.

While the male is easy to identify, the female Summer Tanager could easily be mistaken for a Hepatic Tanager in the Southwest where their ranges overlap.

Here, though the female Summer Tanager:


Summer Tanager - Female

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