Wake Up with the Birds --- Days 15/249 & 250

Walks: small hood

Distance Average: 3 miles

Green-headed Tanager

So the other morning Ciwt came sleepily to her computer, turned it on and ...Boom!  A little birdie woke her right up! Small, brightly colored Tanagers have a way of doing that. 

The one on her screen was the Green-headed Tanager for reasons Ciwt doesn't quite understand, since its head appears aqua to her.  It lives mostly in the humid forests of Brazil, Paraguay and far north-easter Argentina.  None in Northern California.  Darn.  And the few other Tanager species that can be seen here - Scarlet, Western and Summer - are usually just on their migratory way.  Same was true in in Minnesota and Connecticut where Ciwt grew up.  Once in Minnesota she thought she saw a Scarlet one  but it might have been a Red Cardinal .  Either way she has remembered her happy excitement ever since.

Okay, Bye................