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	Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
		The scarlet tanager is the only one of these species to summer in Michigan.
		Scarlet tanagers are considered very beneficial to humans because they consume many insect pests.
		Scarlet tanagers are wide spread throughout Michigan, but may be limited in some areas.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-33024--,00.html (300 words)

	AllRefer.com - tanager (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		As in most tanagers, only the male has brilliant plumage; it is scarlet with fl wings, tail, and beak.
		The song of the scarlet tanager is less melodious than that of the rosy-red summer tanager (P.
		Tanagers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Thraupidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/tanager.html (197 words)

	Birds » Wild Birds » Tanager - Scarlet Main Page
		Scarlet Tanagers' nests are often parasitized by Cowbirds.
		In captivity, Scarlet Tanagers should be fed as close a diet to their natural diet as possible.
		Scarlet Tanagers seem to have little height preference; nests can be found between 4 and 75 feet from ground level.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/wild_birds/wbd3839.html (654 words)

	Scarlet Tanager
		These tanagers are birds of the tree top canopy, where they forage for insects such as weevils, wood borers, leaf beetles, cicadas, scale insects, dragonflies, ants, termites caterpillars, wasps and bees.
		Tanagers can be aged by the and shape of the primary coverts and color of body plumage (Pyle 1997).
		In the tropics, tanagers are found from sea level to the upper limits of flowering plants, where they glean insects and spiders from vegetation, and consume many types of fruits (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/scarlettan.htm (608 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Scarlet Tanager
		The scarlet tanager is the most brilliantly colored of the North American songbirds.
		Although largely insectivorous and arboreal in its feeding habits, the scarlet tanager also eats fruits and berries and will occasionally forage for food on the ground.
		The scarlet tanager’s diligence in providing for its young is often taken advantage of by the parasitic cowbird, which lays its eggs in the tanager’s nest.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461517321/Scarlet_Tanager.html (87 words)

	Scarlet Tanager
		Each fall, the male changes his striking breeding plumage of scarlet and fl for an olive green color that is similar to the plumage of the female Scarlet Tanager.
		Scarlet Tanagers inhabit deciduous forests, pine-oak woodlands, parks, and suburban areas with large trees.
		Female Scarlet Tanagers are distinguished from the similar Summer Tanager females by their smaller darker bills and by their yellow-green plumage.
	birds.cornell.edu /BOW/SCATAN (508 words)

	Scarlet Tanager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A male scarlet tanager was seen by Pat Mattson on May 18, 2000 in a pine tree near Millstone Brook.
		Scarlet tanagers often forage for insects in treetops, and the bird seen appeared to be eating a caterpillar.
		The drawing of the scarlet tanager is by Denis Kania and appears on
	www.mv.com /ipusers/env/tanager.html (241 words)

	Scarlet Tanager
		In the spring and early summer, the male is scarlet, with fl wings and tail.
		During the late summer and fall, splotchy green is evident within the red as the molt to the yellow-green winter plumage begins.
		Ecology Comments: In migration, this usually solitary tanager sometimes is found in loosely associated groups and may join mixed-species flocks.
	www.bigdarby.org /iBirScarletTan.htm (342 words)

	Scarlet tanager 'missing in action' this summer - PittsburghLIVE.com
		The birds are special because of their rarity and brilliant plumage: the oriole flashes orange and fl feathers and the tanager is vivid red and fl.
		The scarlet tanager's song, consisting of raspy, hoarse notes, is compared to the song of a robin with a sore throat: "Querit queer, query querit queer." I hear his short call notes as "Whee-tong, whee-tong," the first note higher than the second.
		Scarlet tanagers haunt the treetops, feeding on moths and caterpillars, consuming literally hundreds of harmful insects in oak forests.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/living/s_76176.html (490 words)

	Variant_Tanager
		Scarlet Tanagers, however, are notorious for their wide range of plumage variations.
		The possibility (O.K., we admit it, it crossed our minds!) that this variant Scarlet Tanager might be a hybrid Scarlet X Western Tanager actually has a precedent--a putative hybrid was collected by Harrison B. Tordoff and colleagues in Minnesota on August 17, 1949 (reported in Wilson Bull.
		Although we finally concluded that our bird was just another interesting Scarlet Tanager variant (albeit our first ever in-hand vocal variant!), we certainly would be happy to hear comments from other banders or birders concerning the unusual appearance and vocalizations of our bird.
	www.westol.com /~banding/Variant_Tanager.html (306 words)

	Scarlet Tanager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Scarlet and Summer tanagers' songs are sometimes difficult to distinguish.
		Observations of Scarlet Tanagers by songs, call notes and sight records accounted for 60 percent of all records obtained for this species.
		Scarlet Tanagers were distributed statewide in forested areas, but were concentrated in the Ozark and Ozark Border natural divisions.
	conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/birds/birdatlas/maintext/0400285.htm (398 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Scarlet Tanager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Remarks The outstanding characteristic of this species is the brilliance of the adult male's plumage in spring and summer, which contrasts sharply with the dullness of the female's plumage.
		Its name is descriptive, for the male's head and body are brilliant scarlet and his wings and tail are jet fl.
		The food of tanagers is largely the insects found among the trees in which they spend most of their time.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0349.htm (366 words)

	Scarlet Tanager at Mount San Bruno, California
		The Scarlet Tanager moved back in the willows and seemed to be singing from the Lower Bog Trail.
		Dan was planning to check the lower trail and I was in the process of lending him a radio when the adult male Scarlet Tanager finally appeared in the willows and Elderberries at fairly close range.
		This is the fourth Scarlet Tanager I have seen in California.
	fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us /~jmorlan/scta061104.htm (729 words)

	Takara Breezy Singers, realistic birds for your home and garden, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The beautiful and beloved Scarlet Tanager occurs in deciduous forests throughout eastern North America.
		Scarlet Tanagers winter in Central and South America.
		Sometimes referred to as the "bandit bird" for its fl mask, the Common Yellowthroat is found throughout North America.
	www.herbsrainbear.com /breezysingers.htm (664 words)

	Bird Photograph and Song: Scarlet Tanager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thy duty, winged flame of spring, is but to love and fly and sing.
		If you've ever seen a Scarlet Tanager in full sun, you will know why this bird is called the "flame of spring." The male's robin-like song is a series of burry, whistled phrases sounding like "zureet, zeeyer, zeero, zeery." Usually, there are long pauses between songs.
		The tanager's performance is often likened to that of a "robin with a sore throat," referring to the throaty quality of the song.
	www.naturesound.com /birds/pages/tanager.html (172 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		The brilliantly colored male Scarlet Tanager gleams in the sunlight but is often difficult to see in thick foliage, especially if the bird is motionless or moving slowly from branch to branch high up in the tree canopy.
		During late summer or early autumn, some of the males may show a patchwork plumage of red and green as they undergo a molt to olive green, except for their wings and tails, which remain fl throughout the winter.
		In breeding plumage, male brilliant scarlet with fl wings and tail.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0351 (133 words)

	tanager on Encyclopedia.com
		Wachovia Completes Acquisition of Boston Area Wealth Advisory Firm, Tanager.
		Activity budgets of Summer Tanagers during spring migratory stopover.
		BACK-YARD BIRDING; On the Wing; Scarlet tanagers bring bright red to the green.(HOME and GARDEN)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/t1/tanager.asp (343 words)

	definition of tanager
		The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.
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	Scarlet Tanager 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		May 27, 2004, started out cool and drizzly, and there was a wonderful fall-out of warblers and other migrants along the lake today.
		In my own yard, there were still a lot of Cape May Warblers, and also at least two Scarlet Tanagers.
		He was pretty skittish around me, but came in to eat oranges and grape jelly.
	www.lauraerickson.com /Birds/ScarletTanager.html (298 words)

	eBay - scarlet tanager, Animals, Prints items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Robert Bateman SCARLET TANAGER ALDER BLOSSOMS s/n MINT
		Jim Beam Ken. Whiskey SCARLET TANAGER Decanter Bottle
		Scarlet Tanager Pencil & Pastel Stephen Ratcliffe 1992
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=scarlet+tanager&...&krd=1 (352 words)

	Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) picture
		To whoever left the comment identifying this bird...
		Taken from my office window in May of 2003.
		Copy the picture to your computer immediately after you complete the checkout process.
	www.northrup.org /photos/birds/red-and-black-bird.htm (135 words)

	Ohio Bird Photo Collection: Scarlet Tanager
		Scarlet Tanager- Piranga rubra, Order PASSERIFORMES - Family THRAUPIDAE.
		"A striking fl-winged red bird, the Scarlet Tanager is a common species of the eastern forest interior.
		Despite its brilliant coloring it is often overlooked because of its rather secretive behavior and its preference for the forest canopy."
	jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu /birds/ohio_birds/Scarlet_Tanager.html (538 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Scarlet Tanager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Scarlet Tanager
		World Bird Guide :: Tanagers and Allies :: Scarlet Tanager
		Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec201-97.html (134 words)

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