Summer Tanager In Water
by Morris Finkelstein
Title
Summer Tanager In Water
Artist
Morris Finkelstein
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized songbird measuring about 7.75 inches in length and about 1.0 ounces in weight. It has a long, thick bill, variable colorful plumage, and a slight crest. Adult males are mostly red, but females are variable and can be pale gray, orange red, or blotchy with orange tinged feathers. The plumage colorations are dependent on diet. Summer Tanagers typically forage for insects (bes and wasps) high in trees, and also eat berries. They breed in oak woods in the southern United States extending as far north as Iowa. Summer Tanagers winter in Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America.
This solitary Summer Tanager (orange adult female) standing in a pool of water was photographed in Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri, on 5-18-2017; the pool was located in the Robert and Martha Gaddy Wild Bird Garden. I used a Nikon D810 camera body and a Nikon 500mm f/4 vr2 lens to capture this image.
I am honored that my photograph was featured in the Fine Art America groups:
Images That Excite You, 5-28-2017
FAA Portraits - Birds, 5-29-2017
Animals Photos Only, 5-29-2017
All Natural Beauty Of This World, 5-30-2017
Poetic Poultry, 5-31-2017
A Birding Group - Wings, 6-1-2017
Animal Photographs, 6-3-2017
10 Plus, 6-8-2017
Country Life, 6-20-2017
Wildlife One-A-Day, 7-14-2017
FAA Portrait Gallery, 7-15-2017
Water Forms, 6-6-2021
Midwest America Photography, 6-15-2021
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May 26th, 2017
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