Green Backed Heron - Bird photography and identification
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
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This individual appears pretty orange. f/5.6, iso 1000, 1/500. 5/13/08.
Uploaded May 13, 2008 | Flickr URL
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Iowa Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
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nice photo of this eastern beauty.
Red/orange coloring is abit of a mystery to me.
A few years ago we noticed a definite color difference in Vermillion Flycatchers- those in Patagonia, AZ were very red, those in the San Pedro River area a definite orange.
It could not have been an issue of timing since the views were just two days apart.
Posted on May 14, 2008
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