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Scarlet Tanager

Latin:  Piranga olivacea / French: Tangara écarlate/ Lenape: Wetėndeis
Southold, Long Island, New York, Tanktiyas Hollow, 5/15/03 (45kb)      wave761
Kittatiny Ridge, Delaware Water Gap, 6/26/99 (21kb), male, directly over trail, 1/2 way in, heavily wooded area

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Indian Head Point - 6/20/01, 8 a.m., Delaware Water Gap (75kb) Song and "chick-burr"

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Rattlesnake Swamp Trail North, Delaware Water Gap, 6/26/99 (53kb)      wave675
 

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Additional Reading:  "A Land Manager's Guide to Improving Habitat for Scarlet Tanagers and Other Forest Interior Birds,"  Cornell Lab of Ornithology, download booklet in free PDF format or order at http://birds.cornell.edu/conservation/tanager/tanagerorder.html

To hear how to pronounce "Scarlet Tanager" in the Delaware Lenape language, see, http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/birds.html