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Summer Tanager
jmorlan

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)

The males take two years to acquire the all red plumage of adults. This is an immature (first alternate plumage) hatched in 2020 with a patchy mixture of bright red and mustard-yellow recalling the colors of sherbet.
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Location
Goose Island State Park, Rockport, Texas, USA.
Date taken
18 April 2021
Scientific name
Piranga rubra
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Kits
An interesting portrait of this youngster, Joseph.
 
sbarnhardt
Opus Editor
Today, 4 June 2021, your excellent image joined the other images illustrating the Summer Tanager article in Opus.

Thank you for your generosity, as shown by your allowing this to be shared with us.

It is appreciated very much!

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Category
North America
Added by
jmorlan
Date added
View count
360
Comment count
4

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
247.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
250
Filename
SummerTanagerIMG_6139.jpg
File size
297.5 KB
Date taken
Sun, 18 April 2021 2:41 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 768px

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