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| Male Summer Tanager |
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| Cape-may Warbler |
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| Female Summer Tanager |
We went out to look for the two Summer Tanagers that had been reported there the day earlier. They are found in Rhode Island almost every year but are still quite uncommon. We have looked for them every year and have not found them. But today was our lucky day. First we found the female sitting high up in a newly leafed tree. She looked like a female Scarlet Tanager without the black wings. Then one of the people in our birding group said that he had the male in view. I rushed over to the person who spotted it and then I saw it too. I was expecting an adult male but it was an young adult male. It looked like a mix between a male and a female Summer Tanager. It had a bright red head and a green body. In a way I think it was nicer looking than a fully adult male. LIFE BIRD!!!! We got 2 more good birds for the day. The first was a Cape-may Warbler and the second was a Wilson's Warbler. Year birds both.
