Date: 7/4/25 8:14 am From: Chris Soriano <soriano151...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Western Tanager at Quail Hollow?
And just a heads up to all fellow QHR visitors, last time I was there a few
weeks back I got too distracted by a western wood pewee and almost stepped
on a beautiful specimen of *Crotalus oreganus* who was in the middle of the
Chaparral Trail. Ways Birders/Naturalists Die #73!
On Fri, Jul 4, 2025, 8:08 AM Chris Soriano <soriano151...> wrote:
> Hi Shantanu! I live in Felton and actually reported a pair of breeding
> western tanagers at my house a few years back. I actually lucked out and
> saw them feeding their babies a couple years in a row (assuming they were
> same pair). I love those little birds, a kid I was teaching spotted one at
> Neary Lagoon and called it the "sunset bird"!
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 10:23 AM Brian Scanlon <briancscanlon...>
> wrote:
>
>> Shantanu,
>>
>> I was at Quail Hollow yesterday and didn't hear anything, but I hadn't
>> seen your post so I wasn't looking for it.
>>
>> However, this morning I heard a Western Tanager calling at my house in
>> Felton, just a couple of miles away. I posted it on eBird with a recording.
>>
>> Brian Scanlon
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM Shantanu Phukan <phukan...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Today, while walking along the barely wet creek at Quail Hollow, I heard
>>> what I am pretty sure was a Western Tanager foraging in the Live Oaks. It
>>> called thrice but never gave me a look. Normally I would just enter this in
>>> E-Bird and not give it another thought, but the time of year is confusing
>>> me--its way too early unless this is a post-breeding wanderer. Does anyone
>>> know if Western Tanagers breed in Santa Cruz mountains in very low
>>> densities and begin their post-breeding vagaries this early in the year?
>>> Shantanu Phukan
>>> Santa Cruz
>>>
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