Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra

The Summer Tanager was formerly placed in the tanager family and is now classified with other members of its genus in the cardinal family. Summer Tanagers breed in the southwest and southeastern United States, and northern Mexico. They winter in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.

The males are bright red during breeding season and the females are yellow-brown. They mainly eat insects, especially bees and wasps. They also eat berries.

Juvenile

Juvenile male transitioning to adult showing tongue while eating a berry 04/27/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Juvenile male transitioning to adult showing tongue while eating a berry 04/27/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas

Exhausted after crossing the Gulf of Mexico 04/17/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Exhausted after crossing the Gulf of Mexico 04/17/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas

Juvenile male transitioning to adult 04/21/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Juvenile male transitioning to adult 04/21/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas

Adult

Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Male - note the tongue manipulating the berry 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male - note the tongue manipulating the berry 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas
Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male 04/20/2012 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Male 04/18/2014 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male 04/18/2014 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas
Male 04/19/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male 04/19/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Male 04/14/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Male 04/14/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Female 04/17/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Female 04/17/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas
Female 04/17/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Female 04/17/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Female 04/21/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Female 04/21/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Female 04/23/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Female 04/23/2015 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas

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