The Other Red Bird

We photographed these two Scarlet Tanager while hiking this past weekend. I have photographed males before, but this was the first time I think I have captured a photo of a female.

Let’s backup a litttle. I shot the 1st and 3rd photo. Teresa took the 2nd photo. They are a beautiful bird.

As for the female … yesterday I shared a photo of a female orchard oriole. I still believe that was correclty identified. That said, the female scarlet tanager looks a lot like the female orchard oriole (to me anyway). The blacks are deeper in the oriole and I see a difference in the beak too. If you disagree, please let me know.

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An Orchard Find

This is a first. I saw this beautiful bird while hiking on Sunday. I believe it is a female Orchard Oriole. When I took the photo, I saw the yellow and thought it was a variety of warbler. I am very excited about this photo.

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Gotcha!

We saw this pair of Blue Jays recently. I kept waiting for them to land where I could capture a good photo, but they just bounced from tree to tree while making more noise than a hungry baby. In the end, I shot this photo of one of them flying overhead. Gotcha birdy.

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Blue Streak

I love the colors and flying skills of the Tree swallow. The colors can look so different depending on the lighting. The blue can often look black. That said, what I love most about swallows their amazing flying skills. They are so fast and agile .. all while hunting insects. They are just a blue streak in the air. Very cool bird.

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Deep Blue

Check out this Indigo Bunting. I have photographed many buntings, but none as blue as this one. The males get a deeper blue in the mating season, but this is still an amazing, deep blue.

He was sure making beautiful music too. ~ Rick

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