They're 'Orange' Tanagers instead.
Like this one that visited the our bird baths.
It is always cool to see a Scarlet Tanager in the yard. To say nothing of having them splash around just outside our living room. A visual treat for sure.
🥕 🍅 🥕 🍅 🥕
The red color of bird feathers comes mainly from pigments the food they eat, in the form of carotenoids. The same pigments that make tomatoes red and carrots and pumpkins orange. I gather this fellow was eating from the orange end of the food chain.
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