Birds Identified: Summer Tanager
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Summer Tanager has these characteristics:
- Hopping or climbing
- About same size as robin
- Mostly dull green or brownish green
- Red present
- Yellow or orange
- Underparts plain
- North summer (June through August)
- South summer (June through August)
- Wood habitat
- Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Harsh or buzzy song (pitch intermediate; rasping, buzzing, or grating quality)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org