Pretty bird: Western Tanager

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This is maybe the fourth time I’ve seen a Western Tanager. They pass through and this one was outside the sunroom making a bit of a racket. Auggie was sitting near the house watching. I found no bodies so don’t believe Auggie had been misbehaving.

3 Responses to “Pretty bird: Western Tanager”

  1. Margaret

    That is such a beautiful bird. It looks almost like a tropical species with those colours. Tell Auggie to look but not touch!

    • Liz

      It does look tropical! I love the various birds we have but there aren’t many that have a lot of color so it is always fun to see these. I heard several in another part of the woods, while walking last evening. They have a distinctive song that seems somewhere between an insect and a robin. I was rather firm with Auggie and eventually brought him inside but it didn’t appear that he’d done damage to another bird.

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