Summer Tanager

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I have this beautiful red bird hanging out in my garden. He perches on the fence or on a wood corner post. I snapped his picture and looked him up. He is a Summer Tanager and eats insects. Never see him at the bird feeder. He is welcome for as long as he wants to stay.

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Wonderful! Pretty bird.

I'm still happy that you have lots of Meadow Larks, since it must have been the Starlings that ran them outta this neck of the woods, 40 years ago.

I learned something looking up your Tanagers, Bay'. Our Western Tanager @thistlebloom , is now classified as a Cardinal ..! (link)

I don't really see them around home. They seem to like it up in the foothills and near water. I guess if they are Cardinals, I can stop complaining about local sports teams named "the Cardinals" even though there isn't one of those birds in a thousand miles!

These sports enthusiasts should be naming their teams something sensible like "the Western Tanagers," "the Meadow Larks," or "the Yellow-headed Blackbirds."

:) Steve
 

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We have lots of cardinals. They eat the black oil sun flower seeds like crazy. We love them.
 

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Anyone see painted buntings on their property? I'm trying to remember if I've ever seen one for real.
 

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