Species: Western Tanager
Most recent capture date: 5/7/21
Sex: Male
Age: slightly less than 1 year old

Notes: Sometimes you watch a bird dart about in the trees and think, “Please fly into the net… please…” – and then sometimes a bird shows up in the net that you didn’t even know was in the area. This Western Tanager was a gilded, fiery surprise when he turned up at one of our satellite banding sites.