On 4 January 2002, a female-plumaged tanager (Piranga sp.) appeared in the yard of the Draper family in Rio Rancho, Sandoval Co., New Mexico. The bird was seen frequently in the Drapers’ yard, which is heavily planted to attract birds, for five days. It was observed feeding on the berries of Photinia cf. fraseri and on a suet mixture containing mixed birdseed, peanut butter, and Crisco. It regularly used a bird bath and a sunflower-seed feeder in a neighbor’s yard. Draper tentatively identified it as a Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), but an experienced birdwatcher considered it to be a Summer Tanager (P. rubra). Photographs were taken and shown to an ornithologist, who agreed that it was probably a Summer Tanager.