But sometimes people get all excited and start jumping up and down, screaming and pointing:
"Look at that beautiful Scarlet Tanager up in that tree!"
"My, it's SO RED, it practically glows against the GREEN tree!"
Well, in a way, yes. This past May at Magee Marsh, there was a Tanager quite close by. A very 'helpful' older woman was very insistent that I see the bird and photograph it. She grabbed my arm and tugged me around. She pointed and waved her cane at the bird. She was on the edge of hitting me, I think, until I finally saw movement and sighted the "BRIGHT RED BIRD."
Thank you very much. I'll stick to Black-and-White Warblers.
A busy little lady getting her nest ready. It's great that we have these nesting in the area.