Date: 11/18/24 7:44 am From: Carl Lundblad <carl.lundblad...> Subject: Hybrid (Summer x Western) Tanager in Churchill County
On Sunday 17 November, I found an apparent hybrid Summer x Western Tanager at the Carson River Diversion Dam southwest of Fallon in Churchill County. The bird looks rather like a first winter Summer Tanager with mottled yellow and red plumage, dark wings with dual wing bars (the upper one yellow) and bold white tertial tips, some structural traits suggestive of Summer, and intermediate calls.
