piranga ludoviciana – Feathered Photography

Western Tanager – Serviceberries For Breakfast

Do birds ‘taste’ their food? (two photos)

Western Tanager Contemplating Life After A Meal

Yellows, reds, greens and blacks – a color combination that appeals to me. (2 photos)

Western Tanager With Prey

This photo was actually taken in Idaho, not Montana. But just barely.

Juvenile Western Tanager Checking Me Out

I don’t see Western Tanagers all that often and it’s even more unusual for me to be close to one of these usually spooky birds. (2 photos)

Western Tanager

Adult female or juvenile male?

A Female Western Tanager Gets A Surprise Visitor

A visitor to be wary of.

Immature Western Tanager After A Dainty Bath

Plus a local man has died after likely being gored by a bison on Antelope Island.

Female Western Tanager Showing Her Apparent Displeasure

Plus a ‘bird’ of a very different feather.

Juvenile Western Tanager Investigating A Potential Snack

A matter of a few inches can make the difference between a rather pedestrian image and one that’s far more interesting.

Male Western Tanager Perched And Then Coming Straight At Me

A species I’ve had very little luck with this year but yesterday morning my track record with them ticked up a little higher.

A Butterfingered Western Tanager

Or maybe I should say… butterbilled.

Male Western Tanager – With Prey And Without

More of my favorite bird from my recent camping trip to Montana and Idaho.

Western Tanager On Aspen

Providing more variety in tanager perches.

Western Tanager With A Bug

The tanagers often manipulated their insect prey in their bills for quite a while before gulping it down and I wondered why

Western Tanager On A Rock

This isn’t the same male I posted yesterday and I like this photo better.

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