Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Rare local summer resident, May through August, in Desert region. Rare winter visitor, October through March, Rare late spring migrant, mid May to mid June, primarily in the Coastal region and Lowlands region near the beach.
Habitat: Desert riparian cottonwood for breeding, exotic flowering trees in urban parks in winter.
Best locations: Scissors Crossing (breeding), Balboa Park, Point Loma.
Note: The summer resident is a larger and paler subspecies (cooperi) than the migrant and wintering Eastern form (rubra).