from john 
i saw 2 or 3 at little bennett last and at least 1 stayed there most of the 
summer, but i don't know whether it mated sucessfully or not. i haven't seen 
any orange there this year though.

>From: Bob and Melinda Elvander <>
>Reply-To: Bob and Melinda Elvander <>
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Orange Tanager
>Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:18:03 -0400
>
>Melinda and I also saw an orange variant of the Scarlet Tanager at the 
>National Arboretum this morning, at the top o
>Mount Hamilton this morning, a first for us.
>
>Terry Crowe wrote:
>
>>I saw a very interesting variant of the Scarlet Tanager in Shady Side, Md. 
>>  I have never seen the orange variant but will never forget it.  Really a 
>>striking bird.  He remained in the yard for several minutes and I noted 
>>that his call note was varied as well.  The traditional "chip-burr" was a 
>>"chip - chip burr"  the first part was more like a studder.
>>
>>How common is this variant?
>>
>>Terry
>>
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