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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Above and below: Summer Tanagers in Calvert and St. Mary's Counties, Maryland (5/3 and 5/4/2008).
Below: A Summer Tanager sings on territory near Jug Bay in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/7/2011).
Below: A female Summer Tanager near Dividing Creek in Somerset Co., Maryland (5/11/2011).
Below: Male in transitional plumage at Jekkyl Island, Georgia (5/6/2006).
Below: A male Summer Tanager in heavy molt before a long return flight to the Eastern U.S. for nesting season. It was a great pleasure to study many of "our" birds living the good life in tropics during the off season. (Costa Rica, 3/2007).
