Scarlet Tanager

Look for my bright red feathers during spring and fall migration. My cousin the Summer Tanager looks similar, but his wings are all red. Mine have some black on them. Enjoy me while you can because I don’t stay in the state for long!

Most Likely Found: In the treetops, In your backyard

When: Migrant

Where I've photographed: Fort De Soto, Lake Morton

Read more: Scarlet Tanager at Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Ebird: Scarlet Tanager eBird range


I have written 6 posts including a photo of a Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Year in Review: 2014

December 30, 2014 - Scarlet Tanager Eating a Mosquito In June "real life" started to invade the photography bubble.... Read more

Scarlet Tanager

Photographing Scarlet Tanagers Eating Insects

May 1, 2014 - I had such a great weekend at Fort De Soto with the migrant birds not too long ago, and one of the best parts was photographing the Scarlet Tanagers.... Here the Scarlet Tanager spots a mosquito flying by him.... Read more

Scarlet Tanager

A Rainbow of Color at Fort De Soto

April 29, 2012 - I found that the best spots were actually the oak trees in the picnic area.  I spotted a Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, male and female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, and my first-ever male Baltimore Orioles and Scarlet Tanagers.... https://vimeo.com/336254663 All day I was hoping to see my first male tanager – Summer or Scarlet,…... Read more

Preview of Coming Attractions…

April 27, 2012 - I had the most incredible day today!  I went to Fort De Soto to check out the migrants, and I finally got my first Scarlet Tanager male, along with a ton of orioles, grosbeaks, buntings, and a few warblers.  Birders kept telling me that today was a "slow" day in…... Read more