MOLTING MALE SCARLET TANAGER, BEAMER MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA, GRIMSBY, ON

   On the way to Niagara Falls today, we stopped off at Beamer Memorial Conservation Area in Grimsby.  Yoy get a great view of Lake Ontario and the surrounding area.  On the way out we sighted this Scarlet Tanager, which is molting.  Normally the male's breeding plumage is bright scarlet and nonbreeding plumage is yellow.  Here you see a mixture of both.  August is the normal month for this transformation to take place.

   This is a new species for our Life List, which now stands at 144