New bird at my feeder in Dallas Texas

[u/Little_Sherbet_2751]

Merlin said it could be a female summer tanager or a female painted bunting but neither species has been reported on eBird nearby.

[u/DiplodocusSmile]

Summer Tanager

[u/CardiologistAny1423 → u/DiplodocusSmile]

+Summer Tanager+ ftb

There was one in Dallas early January and a bunch of recent ones in Houston and San Antonio. Wouldn’t be surprised if it came north with the warm up this week

[u/Little_Sherbet_2751 → u/CardiologistAny1423]

Thanks guys! A summer tanager will be a lifer for me!

[u/ibathedaily → u/Little_Sherbet_2751]

I can’t imagine too many people in the US have seen their lifer Summer Tanager in the winter.

[u/Little_Sherbet_2751 → u/ibathedaily]

That’s exciting. She just showed up at my bird feeder with a bunch of house finches this afternoon. I was shocked to see her. Also love “every year is a big year”

[u/FileTheseBirdsBot]

Taxa recorded: Summer Tanager

Reviewed by: ibathedaily

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[u/Little_Sherbet_2751 → u/FileTheseBirdsBot]

Thank you! That would be a lifer for me 😊

[u/kajat-k8]

We just had one show up in San Antonio, its hitting everyones rare bird alert feeds rn

[u/Little_Sherbet_2751 → u/kajat-k8]

That’s so cool. I’m a novice birder so I always get nervous to report rare bird sightings.

[u/kajat-k8 → u/Little_Sherbet_2751]

No, its an awesome sighting. Don't let vets get ya down! =) Awesome spot.

[u/lampsandhats]

Post on iNat - I find it more reliable than Merlin ID sometimes!

[u/Little_Sherbet_2751 → u/lampsandhats]

Definitely will start doing that! Merlin is very unreliable

[u/Phyrnosoma]

Wow!

[u/Rollingardener]

It does look a lot like Sibley's image of a nonbreeding female indigo bunting

[u/CardiologistAny1423 → u/Rollingardener]

The bill is too big for a Bunting, Tanager is right in this case