Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Apr 25, 2026 09:45 by Benjamin D
- Owls Head Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6403687,-74.0322153&ll=40.6403687,-74.0322153
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S327097595
- Comments: "Stunning male found by Ryan M this morning. Entirely crimson tanager with a noticeably larger bill than a scarlet tanager. Catching and eating honeybees from a nest in a tree cavity. Thanks Casey for the tip!"
- Reported Apr 25, 2026 09:45 by Benjamin D
- Owls Head Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6403687,-74.0322153&ll=40.6403687,-74.0322153
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S327097595
- Comments: "Stunning male found by Ryan M this morning. Entirely crimson tanager with a noticeably larger bill than a scarlet tanager. Catching and eating honeybees from a nest in a tree cavity. Thanks Casey for the tip!"
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Apr 25, 2026 09:32 by Casey Ferio
- Owls Head Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S3
- Media: 1 Video, 7 Photos
- Comments: "*nice find by Ryan M’s bird walk through this woefully underbirded neighborhood park. Unsurprisingly parked directly above a feral European honeybee colony in a locust tree that I staked out last fall for this species, calling occasionally as it caught, thrashed, and ate bee after bee, laying waste to the invasive bees one-by-one. “Save the bees doesn’t involve honeybees”, I believe I heard the tanager say. Flew off a few times but always reappeared at the honeybee colony, which is in a cavity in a locust tree, here (40.6389101, -74.0321010) nice bird for the bay ridge list, as I’ve called it - “the only list that matters”. Photos and audio
- Reported Apr 25, 2026 09:32 by Casey Ferio
- Owls Head Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S3
- Media: 1 Video, 7 Photos
- Comments: "*nice find by Ryan M’s bird walk through this woefully underbirded neighborhood park. Unsurprisingly parked directly above a feral European honeybee colony in a locust tree that I staked out last fall for this species, calling occasionally as it caught, thrashed, and ate bee after bee, laying waste to the invasive bees one-by-one. “Save the bees doesn’t involve honeybees”, I believe I heard the tanager say. Flew off a few times but always reappeared at the honeybee colony, which is in a cavity in a locust tree, here (40.6389101, -74.0321010) nice bird for the bay ridge list, as I’ve called it - “the only list that matters”. Photos and audio
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