Bullock'S Oriole

[Ken]

Hello Everyone,

I have returned every day to try and get a better image of this bird to verify that is in fact a Bullock's Oriole and it definitely appears to be.
I spent two hours today out in freezing cold and wind hoping to get a good shot of the bird and it finally appeared for less than a minute and
I was able to get these two images of it before it flew off into the woods. You can see them on my flickr page.
Ken DiBiccari

ihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_dibiccari-nature_images/12151981134/

[Ken DiBiccari]

Hi Louis,

 I have not returned to try and get more images of the Oriole but my belief of it being a Bullock's Oriole comes from my researching six different

field guides on the bird and after seeing and reading the description and looking at the photograph of the adult female Bullock on page # 427 of the

National Wildlife Federation - Field Guide To - BIRDS - Of North America by.....Edward S. Brinkley, that the photograph on the bottom of that page

is so convincing in every detail that I truly believe it is indeed a Female Bullock's Oriole. If at all possible you can get access to this particular reference

guild, I think you can see why I have come to this conclusion. I will try again soon to get more images of the bird if it is still there. I do have a short video

of this bird in the tree where I took the still images but I don't know how to post it on line.

   Your response is welcome........     Ken DiBiccari

[Susan Guare]

I'm also confused.  I looked at the Cornell page, and the photo of a female Bullock's looks, to me, exactly similar (is that a thing?) to Ken's photograph.  I'd like to hear more discussion, as Louis generally knows precisely what he's talking about.

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