In today’s post, back to the White Mountains in east-central Arizona, at Woodland Lake Park in Pinetop/Lakeside, featuring mostly great southwestern U.S. species like Hepatic Tanager:
“Hepatic” of course means ‘liver,’ and refers to the gray coloration on the male’s cheek and wings. (Females are yellow-ish with gray overtone patches.)
Wow! Thanks, Team Leader, for those fantastic shots. While the rest of us were walking around, you were getting amazing shots!
The Tanager was really gorgeous!
There was one spotting of a female Hepatic Tanager nearby, that evening, but otherwise this was the only one seen by BirdingPI.com staff while in Arizona. Lovely bird!