" MAY MAPLE - SCARLET TANAGER "
Robert Bateman
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8.5" x 15.25"
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" The
scarlet tanager is perhaps the most vivid, almost tropical-looking
bird of the
temperate zone. He
seems out of place in the green deciduous forests of
the
northeast, but that is where he belongs. The red is really what I call vermilion,
a sort
of orange red rather than scarlet. It
seems to be lit from within,
even on dull days.
Each year my first view of this bird is in midspring, just as the maple leaves begin to
push
out of their buds. They are usually wrinkled and rusty as they start to unfold. The
sugar maple flowers are already in full bloom, but they are seldom noticed by people.
If,
however you examine them closely, you will find them very spectacular in a diminutive
way. I feel that the long dangling stamens fit with the opulent look of the tanager."
Robert
Bateman
Piranga olivacea
- May Maple Scarlet Tanager - Robert Bateman -
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