At least two Scarlet Tanagers sing in the woods around the neighborhood. One makes the rounds of the trees across the street from our house and down into the woods around a creek there. I can see him best when he sings from a large red oak at the corner, though it\u2019s amazing how well such a brilliantly colorful bird can blend in with the leaves. He rarely, if ever, sings from the very top of a tree, but usually just below the top, a small drop of blazing red with ink-black wings among the green leaves.<\/p>\n
His song is flat and almost harsh, six or seven phrases flung out assertively, similar to the song of a Robin or a Summer Tanager, but without the Robin\u2019s more musical, thrush-like, cheerful quality, and unlike the lilting hoarse phrases of a Summer Tanager.<\/p>\n
A second Scarlet Tanager sings in the woods around a different part of the neighborhood. He\u2019s almost always singing when I walk by in the morning, and often I find him among the leaves of a certain tall tulip poplar, just below the top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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