Scarlet Tanager
“A single Wood Thrush and Scarlet Tanager also joined the ensemble.”
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There was an early female Scarlet Tanager first seen on April 18 (Pond Cove tangles and coastline) along with an unexpected Red-eyed Vireo, and good numbers of Pine Warblers.
Other noteworthy observations on this day included two striking male Scarlet Tanagers at our feeders dining on oranges and great numbers of hard to see Blackburnian and Blackpoll warblers within the upper canopies.
Rounding out the first couple weeks of May, a male Scarlet Tanager briefly made an appearance in our yard on the early morning hours of May 11.
There we were treated to our first of the year Grasshopper Sparrows, Vesper Sparrows, Eastern Meadowlarks, Prairie Warblers galore and a singing male Scarlet Tanager.
Birds like the Scarlet Tanager that had largely eluded me this past season were clearly heard in flight as were thousands of thrushes, warblers, sparrows and shorebirds.
Slightly larger than a robin, this secretive bird has an endless array of unique songs interspersed between mimicry of many other birds including Kingfishers, Goldfinches, Scarlet Tanagers and Carolina Wrens.
A single Wood Thrush and Scarlet Tanager also joined the ensemble.
On my brief outing I noted twelve distinct types of wood warblers, three types of vireos, a Solitary Sandpiper, four Baltimore Orioles and a striking male Scarlet Tanager.
Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Orioles calling from wooded section.
A single Wood Thrush and Scarlet Tanager also joined the ensemble.
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On May 13 a Solitary Sandpiper along Pond Cove and along the fringes of Robinson Woods III a female Magnolia Warbler bathing, a Canada Warbler energetically foraging, and a Scarlet Tanager calling.
A Wood Thrush and Scarlet Tanager briefly joined the ensemble as well.
The stillness that settled over the scene was soon broken by the crisp chick-burr call of a Scarlet Tanager, echoing through the leaf-laced silence.
Other observations from the latter half of May include a Solitary Sandpiper along Pond Cove on the 13th, and along the fringes of Robinson Woods III, a female Magnolia Warbler bathing, a Canada Warbler energetically foraging and a male Scarlet Tanager.