I Can Hear You!

July 10, 2025

A male Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olinacea) sitting among legumes of a Redbud (Cercis canadensis).

A brilliant red bird. Even a shade brighter than our year-round, red bird, the Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis).

Scarlet Tanagers, both male and female, sing a song that sounds like our Robin (Turdus migratorius), although the Scarlet Tanagers sound like they have a cold, and don’t quite know the tune. Because of that they don’t have the perfect sweet song that the Robin has.

A female Scarlet Tanager enjoying some of my blueberries

I hear Scarlet Tanagers singing all day long, and if I’m in the vicinity of my blueberry bushes, I’ll get to see one!

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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.