Go West Older Man

Welcome to Throwback Thursday!  To be honest we are really not going to venture too far back in time – especially in Intrigued time units where it seems more like yesterday.  Normally for new birds, we lead with the males and then throw in the females to round out the full birding experience.  Flipping that around for today’s featured feathered friend

Western Tanager found on Reno/Lake Tahoe trip back in May of 2019

I could wax poetic about giving the female birds their day in the limelight in recognition of their constant slighting at my hands on this blog, but that would just be a ruse.  The real reason is this little lady is far prettier than her male counterparts.  Hmmm nope, that’s also a lie.  Simply stated – my execution on the males sucked and I wanted them below the jump hehehe.

Western Tanager found on Reno/Lake Tahoe trip back in May of 2019

Hit the jump to see a few more shots our Miss Yellow..oh, and the male.

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