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Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea

Featured image credit: “Scarlet Tanager” by CheepShot is licensed under CC BY 2.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Scarlet Tanager page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

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