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To: FamiliarFace

That is a female Scarlet Tanager — bright yellow to match a male that is vivid scarlett and black. Who would have thunk it right? Seeing the female first had me narrowed down to about four birds it could be and then I saw the male — bingo.

The male juvenile is a mix of yellow, dusky brown and some scarlet until the molt mature.


72 posted on 12/19/2016 8:42:34 PM PST by KC Burke (Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
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To: KC Burke

She’s beautiful!


74 posted on 12/19/2016 9:11:38 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: KC Burke

I was close, I thought Summer Tanager. They nest here every summer but only saw them a few times this year. Not quite as deep red as Scarlet Tanager, female is almost identical, maybe a bit duller.


76 posted on 12/19/2016 9:49:45 PM PST by Paleo Pete (When the sun comes up, nitrogen turns into daytrogen.)
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