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[Al Warfield <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At Ginter Bot Gardens today we walked around the main pond and the Children's 
Garden toward the upper pond, and there is a large mulberry tree full of ripe 
mulberries there on the left side of the gravel road. We were under it and 
noticed a Scarlet Tanager about 8 feet away, only about 8 feet off the ground. 
That was the closest we had ever been to a Scarlet Tanager. Before I could 
gather my senses and lift the camera, which had a 400 mm lens attached, the 
bird was out of that tree and into a nearby oak. Then we saw the female in the 
oak as well. Later we saw them again several times, but never that close again. 
If you know of a mulberry tree that is ripe you can use it to your advantage. 
They are very good at attracting all sorts of birds this time of year.

Al Warfield


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