Birds (NF)

[Joey]

Saw this brilliant orange bird today in my tree, does anyone know what it is. It was just gorgeous and I've never seen one like it before.

 

Sorry for the fuzzy pics, but I had to act fast and not scare it and its through the front window on zoom.

 

 

 

 

Thanks

 

Joey

[rickster]

oriole?

[ccmtcanada]

Yep...I concur....looks like a Baltimore Oriole.

[Joey]

Baltimore Oriole, isn't it a little far from home

 

Thanks guys, looks like you're right. I don't recall ever seeing one before. It was beautiful.

 

Joey

[Leecher]

Joey....here is a link with pics of the bird that you saw in your tree.

 

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http...l%3Den%26sa%3DN

 

Leechman

[ccmtcanada]

I'd say the Blue Jays would come and beat on them, but hey, that's just not gonna happen now is it???

[JohnF]

Yep...I concur....looks like a Baltimore Oriole.

 

Yup.

 

JF

[JohnF]

Audubon says they range as far north as the top of the Great lakes in summer.

 

JF

[rickster]

see them every summer here in nw ont

[Tie Twist]

Definately a Balt Oriole. For any other Bird Nerds out there, here is a great site for IDing birds. Use the bottom of the page (attributes) to narrow down the attributes that you know, one at a time. Works well.

 

http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx

 

 

Great resource for IDing bird voices too.

[Domi Fish]

It's a Yellow Shafted Flicker..

[gdelongchamp]

It's a Baltimore Oriole as per page 259 of my Roger Tory Peterson field guide. Very good you bird watchers.

[gdelongchamp]

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Edited August 14, 2008 by guppy

[Mike Pike]

Very cool bird, eh Joey! I don't see 'em very often here around Hamilton but every now and then one flies through. I work in Waterloo and will see one every so often on my drive from Hamilton to Waterloo, particularly in the rural areas.

 

Now, I thought they changed the common name of the Baltimore Oriole to Northern Oriole. Nice bird either way.

Edited August 14, 2008 by Mike Pike