Excitement In England

A female or juvenile Scarlet Tanager in my yard July, 2023

There has been much excitement in the bird watching world of northeast England recently. A juvenile male Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) ended up in England due to being blown way off course by recent intense storms in the Atlantic.

A similar sighting also happened 10 years ago but it is only the eighth time this has ever been recorded in the United Kingdom.

An adult male Scarlet Tanager in my yard June, 2017

The normal range of Scarlet Tanagers is summering in northern and eastern North America, and wintering in Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador in South America.

To be sure, I am totally thrilled when the Scarlet Tanagers show up in my woods, even though they are normal here.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.