Diane and I were lucky enough to have a regular male scarlet tanager and an
orange variant in our yard this morning. The orange was so bright it looked
like an oriole, like Luke mentioned. Very amazing.
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On May 1, 2016, at 9:57 PM, Simon Thompson <simonrbt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Excellent- these variants are beautiful birds. Congrats on everyone who has
found them.
I am attaching a photo of the yellow variant we found last year in Graham
County.
Simon
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Asheville, NC
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On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Becky Elkin <elkin.rebecca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In 2010 my husband got this photo of an orange variant of a Scarlet Tanager
at our house in Mars Hill.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hyla/4667896054
I also took a video of the orange variant that summer. (Orange morph at the
end of video.)
http://youtu.be/soIdiEmbGyM
On May 1, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Marilyn Westphal <mjwestph@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
804-384-2908
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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
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