Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, Male, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, Suet Feeder, La Plata County, Colorado, USA, North America
This Spring there have been a number of strikingly colorful visitors to the suet feeders hanging outside the kitchen window.
Male Western Tanagers, Piranga ludoviciana, Female, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, Suet Feeders, La Plata County, Colorado, USA, North America
The regulars include over a dozen Western Tanagers,
Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, La Plata County, Colorado, USA, North America
several pairs of Black-headed Grosbeaks
Male, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, Suet Feeder, La Plata County, Colorado, USA, North America
and one first-year Bullock’s Oriole.
Bullock’s oriole, Icterus bullockii, First Year Male, La Plata County, Colorado, USA, North America
When the Tanagers are grouped around the feeders they remind me of a flock of exotic parrots from some tropical forest.
Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, Male, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, Suet Feeders, La Plata County, Colorado, USA, North America
All photos were taken through a closed double-pane window.
Six Western Tanagesr, Piranga ludoviciana, at Suet Feeders, La Plata County, Colorado, USA, North America
The suet and jelly feeders are on a metal pole that the squirrels can’t climb. They do get in the pans below the seed feeders and the deer do also, but I don’t mind. Some of our squirrels are Abert’s and they are really cool animals.
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What a gorgeous variety of birds you have at the feeders! I love the Tanagers.
How in the world do you keep the squirrels out of your feeders?
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The suet and jelly feeders are on a metal pole that the squirrels can’t climb. They do get in the pans below the seed feeders and the deer do also, but I don’t mind. Some of our squirrels are Abert’s and they are really cool animals.
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