Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: rocklakemama on August 04, 2018, 01:49:31 PM

Title: Is this a Bullock's Oriole?
Post by: rocklakemama on August 04, 2018, 01:49:31 PM

Hi, I wasn't sure if  this was a female Baltimore Oriole or Orchard Oriole (photo captured in Toronto last week), but a birder I ran into later insisted it's a Bullock's Oriole (a bird I hadn't heard of before). Upon Googling, I'm not sure which it is. It seems Toronto is out of a Bullock's'  normal range, but apparently it has appeared in Ontario in the past. Can you help identify it for me?

Title: Re: Is this a Bullock's Oriole?
Post by: Paul O'Toole on August 04, 2018, 02:27:39 PM

Looks good for a Baltimore Oriole.

Title: Re: Is this a Bullock's Oriole?
Post by: rocklakemama on August 15, 2018, 07:04:14 PM

Thank you!

Title: Re: Is this a Bullock's Oriole?
Post by: lovemypt on August 15, 2018, 08:19:19 PM

Ontario is way out of range for Bullock's Oriole......too many birders are always looking beyond the normal and always hoping for that rarity

Title: Re: Is this a Bullock's Oriole?
Post by: rocklakemama on August 15, 2018, 09:14:44 PM

Ha! Perhaps he was just toying with me :) I'm not a bird snob, though. What's not to love about a Baltimore Oriole?!