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Re: Scarlet Tanager



I have seen a couple of beautiful scarlet tanagers right in my back yard
here in Mt. Pleasant SC - they were flitting around the pine trees.  That
was last night. Saw another female only tonight by a pond up the road -
again in the pines.  Beautiful birds!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Ladd Miller" <picoidesborealis@hotmail.com>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:47 PM
Subject: Scarlet Tanager


> Drove into my driveway this evening and heard the distinctive "chick-burr"
> of the scarlet tanager.  It took me a minute to locate the bird but when I
> did I found a male and female near the top of a tree copulating.  My next
> challenge will be to see if I can locate a nest.
>
> Susan
>
> Susan Ladd Miller
> Safe Harbor Biologist
> U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
> P.O. Box 119
> Southern Pines, NC  28388
> (910) 695-3323