Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Chandler, Arizona
Tempe, Arizona
Mena, Arkansas
Apopka, Florida
Deland, Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Anna, Illinois
Coatesville, Indiana
Glenwood, Iowa
Cave City, Kentucky
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Auburn, Michigan
Columbia, Missouri
Conway, Missouri
New York City, New York(2 reports)
Bayboro, North Carolina
Denton, North Carolina
Hartsville, South Carolina
Dandridge, Tennessee
Austin, Texas(2 reports)
Houston, Texas
Leakey, Texas
Lufkin, Texas
Walkerton, Virginia
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lakesidecallas
Dandridge, TN (Zone 6a) |
June 2020 |
Positive
We had a yellow bird we didn't recognize flitting around our yard this May and June. After a lot of searching we thought it might be a female Scarlet Tanager. To our thrill, we found her sitting on a nest. She leaves in the morning, and her mate joins her, but he's very elusive. A week later we have at least 1 baby, mother bird is doing all the feeding. Scarlet or Summer Tanager? Hard to tell, but they're lovely birds!.
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iahishade
Glenwood, IA |
May 2020 |
Neutral
I live in southwest Iowa and have a summer tanager living near me. My first sighting was of a red bird pecking at my window and flying away to the large hickory trees near the window. Realizing it was not a cardinal because there was no crest, I went to my bird ID book and was surprised to find it listed as summer tanager, and that it had been spotted here before by my book marking. It has stayed for several weeks now (this is written in late May). What a beautiful bird and a joy to see in my mostly shady green garden!
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Cdnrosecottage
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December 2019 |
Positive
Some lovely pictures, however, there are a couple labelled male and female, which are actually photos of an American Goldfinch attempting to chase the summer Tanager away from the seed and suet cage. Both are lovely birds. The Goldfinch is more common here in Ontario, Canada but the Tanager (The Scarlet Tanager, that is) is an occasional visitor.