WESTERN TANAGER

A clear look at a male Western Tanager is like looking at a flame: an orange-red head, brilliant yellow

body, and coal-black wings, back and tail. Females and immatures are a somewhat dimmer yellow-

green and blackish. These birds live in open woods all over the West, particularly among evergreens,

where they often stay hidden in the canopy. Nevertheless, they’re a quintessential woodland

denizen in summertime, where they fill the woods with their short, burry song and low, chuckling

Material: Body is Acacia which is a monophyletic genus of flowering plants in the legume family,

Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or shittah trees. Legs are metal and base is driftwood.

Hand-painted using acrylic paint, a fast-drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic

Each life-sized piece is individually signed by the artist, renowned local Indonesian artist Kompiang.