An immature male Summer Tanager dropped in for a quick bath. If you're a bird watcher then you'll understand my excitement when I just happened to be close enough to take some pretty descent shots of this gorgeous bird. I rarely get the opportunity to even see one of these in my yard, let alone get close enough for pictures. Summer Tanagers mainly hang out in tree canopies and swoop out to catch bugs and insects in mid-air or glean tree branches for the same. They also raid wasp nests and such. Wasps are one of their favorite snacks. The mature males are almost all bright reddish-orange and the females are yellow. Isn't he gorgeous?!!!
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