Tanagers? Herricks Cove, VT (1 Viewer)

hbreder

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• Sep 22, 2007

• #1

Here are 3 photos of the same bird. Looks like a female Western Tanager to me but would be unusual in the Eastern US

 

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Robert / Seattle

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• Sep 22, 2007

• #2

hbreder said:

Here are 3 photos of the same bird. Looks like a female Western Tanager to me but would be unusual in the Eastern US

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Lucky you. I think your ID is correct.

 

Dave Hall

Bumbling Bears

• Sep 22, 2007

• #3

Hi I think that your ID is correct Western Tanager for me

 

Chris Benesh

So much work, so little time...so let's go birding

• Sep 22, 2007

• #4

Hi All,

Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, I think that this bird is an odd Scarlet Tanager showing traces of wingbars. Here are other examples of a fall bird with such wingbars:
http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/scta_hym_wingbars_small.jpg
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/blog/uploaded_images/ScarletTanagerWillow-763260.JPG
http://www.bbbo.org/photos/tanagers/SCTA0002fa01.jpg


Here are some Western Tanagers for comparison:
http://southwestbirders.com/y051202/western tanager1.jpg
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Images_W/WesternTanager2005-09-001.jpg
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Images_W/WesternTanager2005-09-002.jpg

Chris

 

Robert / Seattle

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• Sep 22, 2007

• #5

Chris Benesh said:

Hi All,

Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, I think that this bird is an odd Scarlet Tanager showing traces of wingbars. Here are other examples of a fall bird with such wingbars:
http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/scta_hym_wingbars_small.jpg
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/blog/uploaded_images/ScarletTanagerWillow-763260.JPG
http://www.bbbo.org/photos/tanagers/SCTA0002fa01.jpg


Here are some Western Tanagers for comparison:
http://southwestbirders.com/y051202/western tanager1.jpg
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Images_W/WesternTanager2005-09-001.jpg
http://www.birdinfo.com/A_Images_W/WesternTanager2005-09-002.jpg

Chris

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I thought maybe so, as well. But the bright yellow was the Western clincher for me.

 

chubri777

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• Sep 22, 2007

• #6

I agree with Chris that this bird is a Scarlet Tanager. I'm thinking the "wingbars" in the photos are more than likely a lighting artifact resulting from having to blow out the background in order to bring out detail in a backlit subject thus leading to a little "overcooking" in the scapulars and median/greater coverts.

 

hbreder

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• Sep 22, 2007

• #7

Here are two unsharpened photos of the bird.

 

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Dave Hall

Bumbling Bears

• Sep 22, 2007

• #8

Hi Now it looks like a different bird all together who was it that said "the camera never lies" wingbars have gone not bright yellow anymore Scarlet Tanager for me now

 

hbreder

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• Sep 22, 2007

• #9

Lesson learned. I probably tried to bring out the color too much. So the consensus is then that it is a female scarlet tanager. Thanks everyone for their input!

 

Robert / Seattle

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• Sep 23, 2007

• #10

Dave Hall said:

Hi Now it looks like a different bird all together who was it that said "the camera never lies" wingbars have gone not bright yellow anymore Scarlet Tanager for me now

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Agreed. Now it's a Scarlet Tanager. (The camera doesn't lie - but Photoshop often does).