[mou] Late Report: Summer Tanager in Dakota County

[Drewbec at aol.com]

Forgot to post yesterday that I had seen a Summer Tanager at Lebanon  Hills 
Regional Park, Holland Lake access in Eagan. Surprising was that  this was NOT 
the returning adult male seen there the last few successive  years. This was 
apparently a first year male, and seemed to be overall an  olive orange color, 
suggestive of a female. I didn't see any red blotches  on the plumage, but my 
look at the entire bird was very brief, and nearly  directly over head. It was 
singing loudly. The bill was fleshy colored,  fairly thick and longer than a 
Scarlet. I did check to see if there was  any darker color in the wings or 
tail, realizing there may be hybrid  Summer X Scarlet young returning to this 
area. The overall coloring of the  bird seemed consistant. (No one knows what 
offspring of this pairing will  look like, but I'm guessing there would be 
something odd about those  areas.)
 
Other interesting birds (to me) were those typically found in the  park: 
Blue-winged Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Eastern  Wood-Pewee, a 
calling Barred Owl, etc.
 
Drew Smith
Eagan, Dakota County
 





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