[Birdnet] Bright ORANGE Tanager

[Larry Tripp]

Today in Veyo ( Washington co.) I saw a very bright orange Tanager with dark wings 2 bold wing bars the upper one was orange. The bill was dark and there was a dark border to the ear coverts. It did have bold white spots on the end of the tertials. Unfortuatenutly I didn't get to see the back of the bird well ( I didn't remember to look for streaks at the time )and I didn't  think to look at the end of the tail or notice any white there. The bird was brightest orange on the head and upper breast. 

The bird was either a Flame-colored Tanager or a Western that's been living on carrots.Although the field marks I did see fit Flame-colored better than Western. It was a very striking looking bird. When I first saw the color of the bird I was thinking Baltimore Oriole until I got a look at the head and bill. The lower belly had a hint of yellow. Other than that it was bright orange from the head to the tail.

Unfortuatenutly the bird disappeared when I went to get my camera. I spent a couple hours trying to relocate it but couldn't. What a Veyo yard bird.

A lot of migrants were moving through the area today. The only other birds of note this weekend were a Common Black-hawk flying over my yard Central and a Broad-winged Hawk just south of Nephi on Friday.

Larry Tripp

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