Summer Tanager

Female Summer Tanager perched on a tree branch.
Summer Tanager, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 2, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-1000; f/8; 1/2000 sec.

This page is for the Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra). I had not seen one of these in many years, and did not have a photograph of one. I saw this girl while trying to track down a Northern Parula (heard but never did see it) and she stayed still long enough for me to grab a couple of photos. I went out a few days later and saw a male (bright red) fly by at warp 6, so I didn’t get a shot.

Female Summer Tanager perched on a small limb deep in a tree.
Summer Tanager, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, August 21, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/500 sec.
Female Summer Tanager with its back to the camera and deep in the bush.
Summer Tanager, Hagerman NWR, Sherman, TX, September 2, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/800 sec. -1 exposure bias.