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Seen at Balcones Canyonlands NWR north of Austin, TX, on Sunday 6 May.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 09:32 PM
I'm not sure there is enough visible here to differentiate between summer and scarlet tanager. The wings looked brownish to me, but not strikingly black. Cardinal-sized.
Agenda item... get camera with better zoom!
Seen at Balcones Canyonlands NWR north of Austin, TX, on Sunday 6 May.
Agenda item... get camera with better zoom!
Seen at Balcones Canyonlands NWR north of Austin, TX, on Sunday 6 May.
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Latest lifers (in west Texas): pied-bill grebe, phainopela, pyrruloxia, white-breasted nuthatch, acorn woodpecker
Latest lifers (in west Texas): pied-bill grebe, phainopela, pyrruloxia, white-breasted nuthatch, acorn woodpecker
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 09:39 PM
I'll go with summer - it looks like a big yellowish bill in the firsr pic - but not 100%.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 09:49 PM
i can confirm summer tanager
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 11:44 PM
No Black wing rules out Scarlet. Not a Western. Summer Tanger 100%!
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 04:25 PM
Thank you!
Life list: 128
Latest lifers (in west Texas): pied-bill grebe, phainopela, pyrruloxia, white-breasted nuthatch, acorn woodpecker
Latest lifers (in west Texas): pied-bill grebe, phainopela, pyrruloxia, white-breasted nuthatch, acorn woodpecker
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