Two views of scarlet tanagers came in recent weeks. Paul Vriend emailed, "The vivid red and the jet-black colors of this scarlet tanager make for a fun day of photography ... Dan Kaufman photographed this scarlet tanager in flight near a feeder in Lemont.
2000 – 25 years ago ... 1975 – 50 years ago ... The ScarletTanager is the overwhelming choice of Minnesota’s school children for selection as the official state bird by the 1951 state legislature, receiving 60,214 of 163,444 votes cast ... .