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ID Please

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Posted by Carlette Bragg on September 9, 2009 at 7:26 PM
ID Please
This little one continues to be seen in the trees around my home. He will sit for a second on the wires right above my feeders, but will not come down to the feeders. Please help with the ID. I can not locate a picture in my bird books or researching on the web. My location is on the east coast, close to the Savannah River in Georgia.

Carlette Bragg :confused:
Posted by bill meikle on September 9, 2009 at 7:40 PM
I give up, what is it? It's got a big beak.
Posted by Mia McPherson on September 9, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Carlette,

This is a Tanager, I believe a female Summer Tanager.
Posted by Jim DeWitt on September 10, 2009 at 12:34 AM
The key to tanagers is that big, nearly conical bill. There are only four tanager species in North America (Pete Dunne would say the females in all four are so different there might as well be eight.) Among tanagers, the drabber bird is the female.