Sunday, April 22, 2012

Western Tanager on the Bruce Peninsula



Amazing to see this Western Tanager yesterday at a friends' feeder here on the Bruce Peninsula. A western species, they rarely show up this far east. This bird was likely blown off course during migration, due to high winds a few days ago. The bird geek in me was excited just to see it, but I couldn't resist hanging out to get a few photos. I shot the photo with a Canon 1D mk IV, 500/4 IS lens and 1.4x tele-converter.
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2 comments:

  1. Brandon Holden12:36 PM

    Awesome photo Ethan! Any chance you'd be willing to submit an image to the Ontario Bird Record Committee?? It wouldn't need to be your usual extreme high quality or anything ;)

    Will maybe see you down at Pelee this spring??

    Brandon

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  2. Ethan Meleg8:32 AM

    Will do for sure, Brandon!

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