Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: BetCrooks on June 17, 2016, 09:14:25 PM

Title: Oriole?
Post by: BetCrooks on June 17, 2016, 09:14:25 PM

I saw this Oriole (?) at the Rattray Marsh in Mississauga today. At first when it flew in, I was expecting a yellow warbler. Then I thought it was a female, till I saw the black patch developing under the bill. Is this a Baltimore? I see some dots of orange on it so it could be changing colour or it could be a camera issue with shooting into the light. Or is it an Orchard also in transition? I'm not sure at what ages local Orioles can start changing their plumages. I know there are full-sized fledgling robins and starlings, though.

If anyone has Orioles nesting close to them and can volunteer an opinion, I'd appreciate it! I have almost 0 experience with Orioles.

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Title: Re: Oriole?
Post by: thouc on June 17, 2016, 10:16:50 PM

That's a first summer male Orchard Oriole.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Oriole?
Post by: BetCrooks on June 19, 2016, 07:34:27 PM

Thanks! It was a pleasant surprise to find this one.