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Monday, February 6, 2023

Western Tanagers

 


Western Tanagers is the title, and the subject, of my latest painting. Size is 10" x 8" / 25cm x 20cm.


I was blessed enough to see a male tanager in a desert willow tree at our previous residence. Obviously, these are among the many birdies that display "sexual dimorphorism" where the boys and the girls look differently.

The male is in his breeding plumage; in fall and winter, he loses the red from his head and looks pretty much like the female.

Nature lesson for today!

Mark Junge

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