This is the one that took my breath away, but somehow, I think this bird knew it. I had never seen a Scarlet Tanger and didn't even know it was a midwestern bird (I saw it at the Indiana Dunes National Park), yet somehow I knew its name. This bird sat there for about 5 minutes and let me take all kinds of pictures as it gave me pose after pose against that beautiful blue sky last spring. I got the feeling that it liked showing off its colors. No matter, it was a bird that even if you weren't a birder, you would just go wow@!!! What did I just see? Can't wait to go to the Dunes again this Spring to see if I can find another one. A beauty for certain. Even if he knows it.
