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Scarlet Tanager ModelDescription
Model of a Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) created by Rick Light of Crockett County, TN.
This summer resident can be found across the state in mature hardwood and mixed hardwood-pine forests. It is rare in the western and middle parts of the state, but fairly common in the east. Scarlet Tanagers can be found in the state from mid-April until mid-October, and their numbers have been increasing in Tennessee since the beginning of the Breeding Bird Survey in 1966.