Killbear Birds

Some other birds found in Killbear Provincial Park in June. Red-eyed Vireos are everywhere. They are probably the most numerous bird in the park along with American Redstarts.

Cedar Waxwings can often be found in pairs in and around the beaver ponds.

Scarlet Tanagers, although not observed as much as these other birds, can also be found near the beaver ponds and heron rookery.

Scarlet Tanager

 

An early morning visit to the Great Blue Heron rookery at Killbear always proves very fruitful with a variety of flycatchers and woodpeckers but none more colourful than this male Scarlet Tanager.

Scarlet Tanagers visit many kinds of berry plants, including blackberries, raspberries, huckleberries, serviceberries, mulberries, strawberries, and chokeberries.

On the wintering grounds in South America the Scarlet Tanager joins mixed species foraging flocks with flycatchers, antbirds, woodcreepers, and resident tropical tanagers. Cornell All About Birds