For the several days we’ve had a male Western tanager visit the yard. It’s been rather shy and hasn’t visited the watercourse, which I would have thought would be our yard’s main attraction. This (June 1, 2022) afternoon, while the watercourse pump was off, the tanager again visited the yard. I obtained these photos, but feel I can get even better photos once our house construction project lulls, the watercourse is up and functioning and I can make a few changes to our staging objects. While I was in the house I saw the tanager revisit the yard and repeatedly access our inverted suet feeder! (It’s normally a berry/insect eater, so the suet was a complete surprise!) I hope the tanager will be a regular visitor and give me additional opportunities for even better photos!




