Which Tanager in San Francisco Bay Area (USA) (1 Viewer)

[yetanothermike]

Tanager - Female or Non-breeding Male

When: 2/26/23 afternoon
Where: USA -California - San Francisco Bay Area (south bay) backyard - on fence, ground and in trees
Size: about the size of a large sparrow or hermit thrush

By itself eating bees off the ground and out of the air and eating Pyracantha (Firethorn) berries

The tail always remains down, not up like wren or some tanagers

Thanks for the help,
mike

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Welcome to BirdForum. That looks like a Summer Tanager to me.

 

[Butty]

looks like a Summer Tanager

Big deep bill, no decent wing-bar

 

[yetanothermike]

Thanks, the photo id app I used was suggesting Hepatic or Summer and I wasn't sure.

Now I just have to figure out how to stop it from eating my entire hive.

 

[THE_FERN]

Interesting: I've never seen one with colours so washed out before (and I don't think it's down to the photo or lighting).

 

[yetanothermike]

Yeah, it is pretty drab, but it was a rainy late afternoon with phone shots through a scope and binoculars. The last couple of photos have better color.