Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
 (L 7" WS 11.5" Wt 0.98 Oz )
Breeding males and females
are strikingly diferent.
Thy duty, winged flame of Spring,
is but to love and fly and sing.
          (Robert Lowell)
Starved Rock St Park
Utica, IL; 11Sept2012
female
nonbreeding male
10May2010
23Jun2010
Morton Arboretum
Lisle, IL