Re: [SBB] Western Tanager Question

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

At 07:29 PM 7/25/2006, [[email protected]] wrote:
>Howdy all....
>
>The birding in my yard is still great even with these hot days, 
>although the birds are truly stressed (beaks are open).  The 
>Black-headed Grosbeaks still come daily and make a racket when I go 
>out in the yard...never knew they were such a noisy bird...they love 
>the bird bath....
>
>Here's my question: I have a pair of Western Tanagers coming daily 
>to my yard...both adults... and now I have what look like two 
>young....I thought these birds were migrants and long gone?  Are the 
>records of breeding here?

Linda and others:

Western Tanagers are uncommon breeders from the crest of the Santa 
Cruz Mountains down to the edge of the alluvial soils (they have 
nested near Vasona Reservoir).  They favor closed-canopy forests, but 
are rarely found in the wet coastal forests of San Mateo 
County.  However, Santa Cruz County has pockets of forests without 
much fog where they are found.  Fall migrants peak from mid-August to 
the end of September and are particularly common along streams on the 
valley floor.

Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 



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