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Joined: Jan. 2010
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| Quote (Tony M Nyphot @ May 22 2010,01:42) | Question for Mr Trossity...
I was fortunate to see a brightly colored bird alight in our backyard aspen trees, the hues of which I have never seen in my locale. I was not fortunate enough to get my camera before the winged florescence disappeared. By way of Googly-Moogly, I was able to identify it as a Western Tanager.
I am curious how common it is to see this bird in an urban area of northern Colorado? |
Although tanangers are fairly common around my neck of the woods I still find their coloration to be quite striking in the fir/oak forest. I nearly always do a double-take to make sure someones canary hasn't escaped!
Over the next couple of weeks my wife and I will be camping in one of our favorite areas of N. California (hardly equates with teh Amazon but poor people have poor ways I suppose) and we are looking forward to the evening serenades from the grosbeaks and tanangers.
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