Date: 5/1/26 11:12 am From: Gordon Warrick via groups.io <prubinus...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Summer Tanager catching bees
Fantastic! Behavior documented. I would not have thought that.
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, 03:14:07 PM MDT, Colleen Childers via groups.io <cchilders64...> wrote:
I enjoyed watching an immature Summer Tanager flying from one tree to another and catching bees coming out of an old cottonwood in the middle! It did this continuously for the entire time I was there - close to an hour! This took place at the home of Bob and Cheryl Mills in Hamilton County. I appreciated them letting me come photograph the bird catching beese - I've attached a few photos! The bird spent 2 days catching bees at their home and then must've had his fill and was gone!
Colleen Childers
