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30-APR-2004
Lloyd Spitalnik
Summer Tanager (1st spring male)
Central Park, NYC
Piranga rubra
As this male Summer Tanager continues to molt, all yellow feathers will be replaced by red ones.
From the Cornell website-"The Summer Tanager is considered a bee and wasp specialist. It usually catches a bee in flight and then kills it by beating it against a branch. Before eating the bee, the tanager removes the stinger by rubbing it on a branch. |