[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This male "Eastern" Summer Tanager was photographed along the Devil's River north of Del Rio, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2000)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

Summer Tanagers breed across the southern US. This male Summer Tanager was photographed at Falfurrias, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2001)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

This male Western Tanager was photographed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1986)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Wandering Tattler in full breeding plumage was photographed along the edge of a lake on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Wandering Tattler in flight was photographed on the "big" island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1981)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Wandering Tattler in flight was photographed along the edge of a lake on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

Wandering Tattlers breed along gravel streams in far western Canada and southern Alaska. They are a common winter visitor along the rocky coasts of southern California. This one was photographed along the edge of a lake on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

Blue-winged Teal are common breeding ducks throughout much of the US and Canada. Males, like this one, are unmistakable with their quarter-moon face patch. This drake Blue-winged Teal was photographed at Port Aransas Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=390mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 4, 2006)