Both the male and female scarlet tanagers (Piranga olivacea) are easy to spot when flitting around Central Park, the male with the bright red body and black wings and tail tip, and the yellow female. The juvenile male is a gorgeous mix of red, yellow and black.
Male scarlet tanager at the water’s edge of the Reservoir, May 11, 2020
That flash of red! Just a few seconds to focus on the bird before it finds a new, even briefer perch. No time to fix the camera settings. That was the story behind this slideshow of a male scarlet tanager seen at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn on May 7, 2024.
Male scarlet tanager, Laupot Bridge, Central Park, May 19, 2021
Female scarlet tanager, Laupot Bridge, Central Park, May 19, 2021
Scarlet tanager, Reservoir, Central Park, May 11, 2020
Scarlet tanager, Tanner Spring, Central Park, May 15, 2020
Male scarlet tanager, May 5, 2020, southwest Reservoir, Central Park
Scarlet tanager, Reservoir, Central Park, May 5, 2020
2020 was a very good year for my spotting scarlet tanagers. This slideshow has photos taken in Central Park on May 11 and 15.
Male scarlet tanager, southwest Reservoir, Central Park, May 5, 2020
Female scarlet tanager, Central Park, May 5, 2018
Male scarlet tanager, Central Park, May 2, 2018
The Filming the Feathers video includes male, female and juvenile male scarlet tanagers seen from October 2013 to May 10, 2018, in Central Park, with one short clip of a male seen in Van Cortlandt Park. It is set to a capriccio by Johann Sebastian Bach and excerpts from the Carmen Suite No. 1 by Georges Bizet, arranged for recorders and performed by Papalin (obtained from MusOpen.org, a royalty-free music source).
These photos were taken from 2013 to May 2018.
