Scarlet Tanager

[Turberticus]

These were taken in late May last year across the road from where I live. Sadly they haven't returned this year (or I haven't looked hard enough), but I had some pretty good looks at the male. I had to turn down the red luminance levels in LR because that red is downright nuclear.

First was taken with a D7500 + Nikon 300mm F/4 AF-S at 300mm. Second was taken with a Tokina 300mm F/4 ATX with a 1.4 TC.

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[DRwyoming]

Beautiful colors. Great shots!

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

Great shots! # 1 is as close to perfect as you can get!

I'd bet they are still around, but they are "high canopy" dwellers and are next to impossible to see this time of year. I still see mine on occasion early in the morning getting a drink at the solar water fountain,

 

[Turberticus]

Great shots! # 1 is as close to perfect as you can get!

I'd bet they are still around, but they are "high canopy" dwellers and are next to impossible to see this time of year. I still see mine on occasion early in the morning getting a drink at the solar water fountain,

Thanks! I know their song and chick-burr call but haven't heard them. I'll check again though!

 

[Ralph]

These were taken in late May last year across the road from where I live. Sadly they haven't returned this year (or I haven't looked hard enough), but I had some pretty good looks at the male. I had to turn down the red luminance levels in LR because that red is downright nuclear.

First was taken with a D7500 + Nikon 300mm F/4 AF-S at 300mm. Second was taken with a Tokina 300mm F/4 ATX with a 1.4 TC.

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Beautiful bird

 

[Woody Meristem]

The first photo is a dandy. Thanks to this year's gypsy moth irruption there aren't many oak leaves for other caterpillars to eat so we don't have any scarlet tanagers here.

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

A great App for your phone to ID all the birds that you (me) are not seeing is: The Cornell Lab: Merlin. It is available for both iOS and Android,

It ID's the birds from their songs. I was using it a lot at the National Wildlife Refuge to identify places to stop for Warblers.

It is really amazing how many birds it hears, that I didn't see! So we set up our chairs and waited and found an amazing number of them.

 

[Turberticus]

A great App for your phone to ID all the birds that you (me) are not seeing is: The Cornell Lab: Merlin. It is available for both iOS and Android,

It ID's the birds from their songs. I was using it a lot at the National Wildlife Refuge to identify places to stop for Warblers.

It is really amazing how many birds it hears, that I didn't see! So we set up our chairs and waited and found an amazing number of them.

It's a great app. I've been using it for a few years. I'm now pretty familiar with the songs/calls of most of the birds that breed in my area, so much so that I find the majority of them by ear. Sometimes I'll use the sound ID feature for fun to see what it picks up, or to see if I miss something.

 

[RichardN]

These were taken in late May last year across the road from where I live. Sadly they haven't returned this year (or I haven't looked hard enough), but I had some pretty good looks at the male. I had to turn down the red luminance levels in LR because that red is downright nuclear.

First was taken with a D7500 + Nikon 300mm F/4 AF-S at 300mm. Second was taken with a Tokina 300mm F/4 ATX with a 1.4 TC.

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Beautiful bird, very good photos!

 

[Irap]

Great shots, beautiful bird

 

[ssheipel]

Beautiful.

 

[Lance B]

Wonderful shots!