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Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
(L 7.25" WS 11.5" Wt 0.98 oz)
Boise
02Jun2019
Piranga in Brazilian Tupi means
small bird; ludoviciana in Latin
refers to the Louisiana Purchase.
© BirdNote,
Monica Gokey
© Geoffrey
A. Keller
Macaulay
Library
A red-sunset tanager colors the warm air
from a perch in the majestic oak limbs above
professing by lullaby, sincerely devoted love,
like some sublimely recited evening prayer.
(Grahamburglar)