Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Science Article 3 abstract A pair of Summer Tanagers (Piranga rubra) nested near Zebulon, WakeCounty, N.C., in the spring of 1983. Nest contents were examined almost daily from 21May, the first day of incubation, through fledging of the young on 12 June. ELOISE F. POTTER, The Chat, 1985 Download article download …
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Dec 27 2011
Time Of Departure by Summer Tanagers (Piranga rubra) from a Stopover Site Following Spring Trans-Gulf Migration
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Science Article 1 abstract Nocturnal passerine migration typically commences within an hour of sunset and the bulk of migrants depart before the end of nautical twilight. FRANK R. MOORE AND DAVID A. ASORN, The Auk 113(4):949-952, 1996 Download article download full text (pdf)
Dec 27 2011
AN OBSERVATION OF A SUMMER TANAGER ATTEMPTING TO EAT AN ANOLIS LIZARD
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Science Article 2 abstract A Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) was observed attempting to eat an anole (Anolis carolinensis) at a migratory stopover site. The event may reflect the importance ofbehavioral plasticity during migration, but might also be the result of a simple stimulus response mechanism. DANIEL FROEHLICH, J. Field Ornithol., 66(4):501-502, …
Jun 08 2011
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Thraupidae | [latin] Piranga rubra | [UK] Summer Tanager | [FR] Piranga vermillon | [DE] Sommertangare | [ES] | [NL] Zomertangare Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Piranga rubra NA, MA s USA, n Mexico Amazonia, Bolivia Piranga rubra cooperi Piranga rubra rubra Physical charateristics …
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