Scarlet Tanager

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10 жыл бұрын

He arrived this morning, sat in one of my plumb trees for awhile, checking out the yard for dogs and cats and who the other birds were, then promptly came to my window side seed dish and made himself at home.
A few hours after this was recorded, he had settled down and was getting along much better with all the other birds. In other words, ignoring them as they came to feed right next to him. I guess he just had to show them he was not going to be bullied like the new guy. HAHA.
So, it's cold and windy out there and the window is closed now. Hopefully he will be here when it warms up enough to open it and get some clearer pictures.

Пікірлер: 52

@airhead9234 4 жыл бұрын

Here in north Georgia I’d never seen one of these before yesterday. Absolutely beautiful.

@BirdWhisperer46 4 жыл бұрын

Same here, and I have not seen one since that day either.

@Tindomul1of9 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous

@RasikaMahabal 3 жыл бұрын

wow! very beautiful.

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he was, and close enough to touch, he came back a couple times but I have not seen him since.

@StormiidaeBlogspot 10 жыл бұрын

Pretty sweet!

@BirdWhisperer46 10 жыл бұрын

It didn't take him long to fit in. LOL

@Iam4wine 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous birds!

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and this is the one and only time I have seen them.

@Iam4wine 3 жыл бұрын

@@BirdWhisperer46 They just arrived here in Ottawa! Was my first encounter too! I hope that you get to see them again! Thanks for feeding the birds and for sharing the video!

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

@@Iam4wine I am pretty sure they are a more Southern bird, nut this was an easy winter here at least and looks like it will be a warmer summer. It's been 8 years now and I look for them every year, but my hope is dwindling. :o)

@Iam4wine 3 жыл бұрын

@@BirdWhisperer46 Where abouts are you? This Summer is gonna be a warm one indeed! I have faith you will see one again soon! :o)

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

@@Iam4wine I am in La Crosse Wisconsin, 2 miles East of the Mississippi river.

@uhill74 4 жыл бұрын

I was also surprised how large they are! Always thought of them as small until I saw one today.

@BirdWhisperer46 4 жыл бұрын

And since that summer, they have never come back. :o(

@uhill74 4 жыл бұрын

@@BirdWhisperer46 probably around though. Play the recording and you'll find out real quick. Tis the season.

@foxbodysusie3716 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool! We have one pair in our yard we rarely see.

@BirdWhisperer46 6 жыл бұрын

I never saw this one again after nesting season. Nice birds tho. :o)

@NotMister 5 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous bird. We have had one visit us the last 3 weeks. I thought he was just passing through.

@BirdWhisperer46 5 жыл бұрын

I had 3 here for awhile, 2 males and a female, one pair nested and I lost track of the other one, haven't seen them since.

@LordVoltRod2c 10 жыл бұрын

Wow they come in red too!!! I get yellows!!!! Finches..

@BirdWhisperer46 10 жыл бұрын

This is not related to a finch. He is about twice the size of a finch, almost as big as a Robin.

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

I wish they'd come back.

@huyked 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a beautiful color and coloring with the black. I have never seen these before! Amazingly beautiful and varied life there is. Poor titmouse, he could get anything. I wonder if they are more docile in general, or if that one was more "chicken" than usual. :)

@BirdWhisperer46 10 жыл бұрын

The Titmouse did eventually get a peanut and a few hours after this was shot, the Tanager had calmed down and they were all eating fine together. This seems to be a tactic for all new birds when they show up. they have to establish a pecking order.

@huyked 10 жыл бұрын

BirdWhisperer46 Thanks for the added info afterwards. Talk about a true to life _pecking_ order. :D

@uhill74 4 жыл бұрын

The females are really pretty too. Bright Lime green.

@prettybird2588 4 жыл бұрын

Boy he's banished from his journey I guess

@BirdWhisperer46 4 жыл бұрын

I still watch for them but we are a bit too far North for them.

@Angela-kp8un 3 жыл бұрын

wow! didnt know they eat seeds, i thought they only ate fruits and jelly.

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like he tried a bit of everything.

@donnanash8920 10 жыл бұрын

what kind of seeds do you have in there? I have them here, but never have seen them at the feeder!!

@BirdWhisperer46 10 жыл бұрын

He was eating sunflower meats that one of our local hardware stores sells. Shelled sunflower seeds with no salt or anything on them. But, he has not been back since they started a nest across the road in the woods. the only reason he came to my dish was because we had an all time record cold and long winter here. There are no bugs to eat. Even in late June, we have nothing but flies and midges. No crickets, no grasshoppers or the other usual bugs we have this time of year. All my yard birds are coming to my seed dish, my robins come for freeze dried meal worms, catbirds too. Birds that never come this close are losing their fear of humans to feed themselves and their brood this year. The seed dish has white millet, black oil sunflower seeds and meats, and shelled peanuts called pickouts. I also put out grape jelly for the oriels.

@kellyhenderson9972 8 жыл бұрын

That scarlet tanager is a bossy boots. Lol

@BirdWhisperer46 8 жыл бұрын

+Kelly Henderson It was nice to have them here, but they have not come back. :)

@kellyhenderson9972 8 жыл бұрын

+BirdWhisperer46 i have rarely seen them too. They are reclusive and usually woodland birds. I have seen one out near my parents but in a wooded area. Bluebirds are more common in their birdbath. Eastern bluebirds. I have also seen an indigo bunting too. Which are tiny.

@kellyhenderson9972 8 жыл бұрын

+BirdWhisperer46 where are you from?

@BirdWhisperer46 8 жыл бұрын

+Kelly Henderson West Central Wisconsin, a mile from the Mississippi River. The Central Flyway. I have deep woods all around. 2 males and a female were here and looked like they nested across the road, high up in the canopy

@kellyhenderson9972 8 жыл бұрын

+BirdWhisperer46 i knew it was near the northern most part of the southern states. I could tell by your accent. I'm from Canada. Ontario. Near Toronto.

@cynthiarobinson5053 7 жыл бұрын

What is the Tanager eating? I didn't think they would come to a feeder.

@steampunkit9766 7 жыл бұрын

He's eating sunflower seeds. The first and only one one I have seen at my feeder in 10 years, he stayed for weeks and eventually nested high in the trees across the hiway. Beautiful huh? He was use to humans apparently.

@vistaprime 6 жыл бұрын

how did you attract this to your yard?

@BirdWhisperer46 6 жыл бұрын

Two of them just flew in one day. Stayed the summer and never came back. They see the other birds from miles around coming to my feeders, so they just follow. LOL They built a nest high in the trees across the road, where they could see the food. LOL

@Jorge-ps4pq 3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me, how can I attract that bird to my garden? A year ago it arrived and I would like to see it again, in your case did that type of bird visit you again in the following years?

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

No, it never came back. I saw it a few time across the road nesting high up in the trees, but it never came to my feeder again that year or since. That tells me it must be very rare.

@LordVoltRod2c 10 жыл бұрын

I laughed around 2:56 on the video. The bird stomped threw the dish and sent some bird seed flying.

@BirdWhisperer46 10 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's a character.

@Jorge-ps4pq 3 жыл бұрын

what was he eating?

@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын

Shelled sunflower seeds mostly. A little bit of everything.

@LordVoltRod2c 10 жыл бұрын

The RED DEVIL!!!! Ha Ha

@BirdWhisperer46 10 жыл бұрын

I was hoping he would return with his babies from this spring, but he has not come back that I have seen.