Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Shortsighted on September 15, 2022, 09:43:43 AM

Title: Some sort of female, or juvenile tanager
Post by: Shortsighted on September 15, 2022, 09:43:43 AM

Before the camera battery expired this morning it warned me but I managed a few frames before its heart stopped beating. This bird appears to be a tanager, probably a female, perhaps a juvenile because of streaking (if genuine), but I'm not certain what species. The bill seems a little heavy for a Scarlet Tanager. That leaves only Summer Tanager and Hepatic Tanager, neither species I have seen before because I don't get out much. This tanager seems kind of yellowish, not greenish, but that may just be the morning light.

Does anyone have an opinion? I mean about the tanager, not about me. In fact, is anyone even out there?
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6JnMRkc/1/156818ec/M/Tanager%2Ccrop-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6JnMRkc/A)
Most likely just a female Scarlet Tanager.

Title: Re: Some sort of female, or juvenile tanager
Post by: Shortsighted on September 26, 2022, 08:09:42 AM

Oh well, I guess that this planet is uninhabited. I'll need to set a new course and visit another world that might support sentient life. Now, let me see. Which planet looks interesting? I know, ... I pick that one. Systems check. All systems are a "go". I'm off.