![Scarlet Tanager, Male, Piranga olivacea](https://www.thewppc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_6650-1180x520.jpg)
May of 2019 was a banner time for birders in McHenry County. Many reported numbers of colorful birds – scarlet tanagers, Baltimore orioles, indigo buntings, rose-breasted grosbeaks, American goldfinches, and more. Some of the birds seem to be staying a while.
Hummingbirds and monarch butterflies were also reported.