As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.
As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.
As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.
As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.
As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.
As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.
As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.
As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.

Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)

Scarlet Tanager

(Piranga olivacea)

Description:

As I waited for the Blackpoll Warbler to appear, this Scarlet Tanager dared me to take its picture. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes.

Date Taken: 2021:04:30 13:27

Location:

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

File Name: ScarletTanager_D5X4303_SPI-CenventionCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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