Mark and I had an orange variant along the BRP north of Mt Mitchell a couple of
years ago. He got a photo. Simon has a photo of a very unusual golden version
on the CBC photo gallery that he took in Graham county.
Marilyn
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On May 1, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Luke Cannon <learningdeer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We watched an Orange Variant Scarlet Tanager singing on the Rattle Snake
Lodge Trail last Tuesday the 26th. I kept trying to make it look Red but it
was Orange as an Oriole(Baltimore). I did not report it because I didn't
even know an orange color phase existed.
Very Exciting!
Thanks Vicky!
~ Luke Cannon
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 9:05 PM, csburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<vickyburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi All,
I saw today, at the Cradle of Forestry, the rare orange variant Scarlet
Tanager. I was leading a bird walk, so others saw it as well. He was the
same orange color as an oriole, or Blackburnian Warbler. There was also a
female close to him, so I assume it is a mated pair.
This bird was seen on the Forest Festival Trail, behind the Forest Discovery
Center. There are two loops...it's the longer loop that goes a bit higher
in elevation. It was at about the half way point of the longer loop.
We got excellent looks but no photos (sadly).
Vicky Burke
