Scarlet Tanager in Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary, Garrison, Putnam County

It was on a very hot day in July 2017 that I visited Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary for the first time. It was also the first time I really got to see the bright red, male scarlet tanager. I remember it was not a very fruitful day birding-wise. Other than this scarlet tanager, I saw a swamp sparrow and a tufted titmouse, and that was pretty much it. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:630/1*NcG_Jqfngf3MP0Sc4x03SA.jpeg" style="height:525px; width:700px" /> However, it was a very fruitful day bug(ging?)-wise. When I returned to the visitor center, its staff pointed to a flowerbed, and excitedly told me to take a close look at it. There was a Hummingbird moth! I didn’t even know there was such a thing that existed. <a href="https://medium.com/birds-of-the-hudson-valley/scarlet-tanager-in-constitution-marsh-audubon-center-and-sanctuary-garrison-putnam-county-3ffc6496b38d">Visit Now</a>