Pair of Summer Tanagers at the Zoo (M & F)
2:22 pm
While scouting for the CBC, keeper Caitlin Morrow and I were doing our best to keep tabs on three Summer Tanagers at the Zoo: an adult male and female in the vicinity of the Lower Duck Pond, and a splotchy young male at the Reptile House. All three failed to appear on the day of the CBC…
Today (1/16), around noon as I was leaving, I heard two SUTA pi‑tucking calls from the pines just west of the Lower Duck Pond, and I saw the bright red male and yellow female together. Not exactly a major rarity anymore, but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a male and female together in San Diego. (32.73335, -117.15411)
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