Vermilion Flycatcher

The Male Vermilion Flycatcher

I've been waiting for this bird to "appear" before me this year.  I even heard rumors it was near the bandshell by the zoo. 

Birders kept telling me, "I saw a Vermilion Flycatcher."  That's interesting. One would think that this hot red number would be easily spotted.....

I practically walked into him.  He just sat on the branch.  I had my short lense on and not the long lense. Switching the lenses=eternity!!!!

Female and Male Vermilion Flycatcher.  Together....the way it was meant to be.  Although 2 Male Vermilion Flycatchers might be considered scandalous or just too sexy:)

But he was sexy hot and around me all day.  I felt like he followed me around the park.  I was tipped off by a fellow neighbor that they spotted a Red Tanager.  But I don't hear about Red Tanagers here in Tucson.  And I saw them in Panama.  BUT I can understand how it happens.  They look "somewhat" alike.  This bird is definitely smaller.  I also have to add.....this was a first for me.  I know this bird has lived in Tucson, but I've never really seen one until today.

There were sounds coming from a tree that were different from other bird sounds I hear in the desert. (I am getting better at picking out the tones for certain birds).

So I continued to watch the behavior of this bird during the morning hours as it followed me here and there.

And then it flew off........and I went home to get ready for some gardening. 

There was this retired man who came out with his cell phone to snap a shot.  However the female Vermilion Flycatcher was only hanging out.  I said that the female was "over there".  But he said that he only "wanted the male".  I wonder if his wife knows.  More tomorrow.....