[EBB Sightings] FW: Summer tanager? in Berkeley, January 10th

Jonathan Wheatley reported a Summer Tanager in North Berkeley yesterday. It
was not seen today. He sent me some great photos of the bird, which I'm
happy to forward to anyone who wishes to see them.

Bruce Mast
Oakland

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Wheatley [mailto:wheat at ssl.berkeley.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:50 PM
To: observe at goldengateaudubon.org
Subject: Summer tanager? in Berkeley, January 10th 

Bruce--

I saw a bright red bird in my yard in North Berkeley today. If you can see
the
attached photos, let me know what you think it is. I was unsure between
hepatic
or summer tanager -- in either case, they are supposed to be further south
in 
winter.

He was eating insects, one looked like a wasp or bee. It was a very gloomy
day,
so I had to turn the ASA up on the digital camera. Photos taken at Cedar and
La 
Loma in Berkeley, just north of the campus.

happy birding,
Jonathan

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