Scarlet Tanager in Spring 2019 Photograph by Karen Adams

Scarlet Tanager in Spring 2019

by Karen Adams

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Title

Scarlet Tanager in Spring 2019

Artist

Karen Adams

Medium

Photograph - Fine Art Digital Prints - Photography

Description

This is another serendipitous shot I got of this beauty!

It was a beautiful Spring day in Ohio that was special for several reasons. First, my sister was visiting from Florida. Secondly, in spite of the forecast, it was a sunny day although kind of chilly for mid May. My sister and I were sitting on the back porch for the third reason this day became special. She spotted it in our neighbors' tree; the brightest little red bird I have ever laid eyes on!

For a moment we both sat as still as possible and then I tried to bend over so he wouldn't see me as I rushed inside to get my camera. Luckily, he was in no hurry to leave the area and I was able to enjoy following him as he flew from tree to tree. Usually he seemed to love the very highest branches, but occasionally he would come a bit lower and then I would wait until he wasn't hidden behind branches or leaves. It took quite a bit of time to even get a few decent shots of him. . . . and then my camera battery died and I had to just watch and enjoy his beauty.

I would lose sight of him from time to time, but then would to spot that brilliant red. Finally to my great delight and frustration, I spotted him very high up in one of the tallest Sycamores and there on a branch above him sat another male Scarlet Tanager! I had never seen one, and now I see two! Since my battery was dead, I tried to find contentment in just experiencing their presence and the great beauty of these wonderful birds!

This is information I found online at www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Scarlet_Tanager/overview#
which certainly seems very accurate from my hour with my Scarlet Tanager:
"Male Scarlet Tanagers are among the most blindingly gorgeous birds in an eastern forest in summer, with blood-red bodies set off by jet-black wings and tail. They’re also one of the most frustratingly hard to find as they stay high in the forest canopy singing rich, burry songs. The yellowish-green, dark-winged females can be even harder to spot until you key in on this bird’s chick-burr call note. In fall, males trade red feathers for yellow-green and the birds take off for northern South America."

Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
ORDER: Passeriformes
FAMILY: Cardinalidae

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