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a red and black bird sitting on top of a tree branch
a red and black bird sitting on top of a tree branch

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…

a red and black bird sitting on top of a tree branch

Piranga olivacea, Scarlet Tanager, family Cardinalidae. Their breeding habitat is large stretches of deciduous forest, especially with oaks, across eastern North America. Usually staying high in the canopy. Migrants are also usually found in mature woodlands. Winters in northern South America in the montane forest of the Andean foothills. They eat mainly insects, but opportunistically consume fruit when plentiful. Listen for burry song, like an American Robin with a sore throat.

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