Yesterday's Volunteer work day was tough but rewarding in it's own way. Made good progress on the Privet removal (by uprooting). Had a Hermit Thrush come by to visit and serenade me while working, and the property manager informed me that the Buckeyes we rescued from the Wisteria were leafing out, and had two new shoots coming up! That is a big Yay! We had no idea we had Buckeye trees until we pulled off the Wisteria and could examine the leaves. Can't wait for them to flower.

The bird today is a Summer Tanager, a member of the Cardinalidae that visit us over the summer. Vivid red males, and mustard-yellow females with large bills. They are the only bird I have seen catching wasps.

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Treetop Flare

This isn’t a great image, and the composition is a little clumsy, but it captures something rare for me — a male summer tanager (Piranga rubra) flittering through a treetop.

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Red Witness at the Crown

An elusive male summer tanager (Piranga rubra) paused briefly atop a towering oak, its vivid plumage igniting the canopy with a flash of red.

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Through the Canopy

This morning, the usual backyard birds made their rounds—cardinals, chickadees, and the occasional blue jay. At one point, I was sure I heard a woodpecker nearby and kept craning my neck to peer up into the old oak. But the tapping turned out to be my chair, issuing a kind of cackling protest every time I shifted. Still, through a narrow gap in the forest canopy, I spotted a Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)—its red plumage glowing like a flame against the green, a quiet witness in the trees.

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Unspoken Hue

I caught a flicker of movement in the corner of my eye and swung the lens toward a tree over 100 meters away. There, tucked among the branches, was a female summer tanager (Piranga rubra). Just two days ago, I photographed a male—this marks my third sighting of the species this year.

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Red at the Crown

Finally—a male summer tanager (Piranga rubra). I’ve photographed a few females before, but this is the first male to grace my lens. He perched high atop a tall oak at the forest’s edge, just out of reach. Still, with a telescopic lens and a generous helping of megapixels, I managed a usable image or two.

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Face in the Foliage

Charlie and I were sitting outside this morning when a female summer tanager (Piranga rubra) stopped in the oak tree that stands inside our fenced backyard. I took a few snaps but only managed one where her head and face were clearly visible. It occurs to me I’ve never photographed a male—he must be around somewhere.

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Sunlit Tanager

When I first took this photograph, I thought I’d spotted my first goldfinch since spring. I was ready to write about changing seasons and the stirrings of migration. But I was off base—despite the early signs of falling leaves, this visitor wasn’t a goldfinch at all. I believe she’s a female Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra), though a Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) is another possibility. Her wings aren’t visible, but Summer Tanagers tend to wear a brighter yellow than their scarlet cousins. She stopped by just briefly this morning, a quiet flash of color in the shifting light.

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