Tanagers
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Summer Tanagers will sometimes visit feeders to eat fruit and peanut butter mixtures. They nest in large trees, usually dogwoods (in the panhandle), oaks, and pines. The Scarlet Tanager, a resident of the Northeast U.S., passes through Florida when migrating to and from South America. |
| name | area | season | diet/native food plants |
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| Summer Tanager | NCS | SpSuF-B | insects*, fruit blackberry, dogwood, mulberry, tupelo, wild cherry |
Sp=spring Su=summer F=fall W=winter B=breeds in Florida during season(s) underlined M=Migrant | |||