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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: pforde on May 16, 2009, 10:29:05 AM

Title: Orange with Black Head
Post by: pforde on May 16, 2009, 10:29:05 AM

Barrie, Saturday morning in the rain at our feeder. Saw a yellowy orange coloured winged wonder with a black head. It didn't stay around long as the red wing blackbirds are in hyper-nasty spring territorial mood and chase away most all other birds pretty quickly.
  But this could have been an oriole? Northern/Baltimore ?  Any ideas?   Paul

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Post by: TomTelford on May 16, 2009, 12:13:16 PM

Could be an oriole or perhaps an Eastern Towhee, rusty orange sides, white belly with a black head.  We had the first one show up here yesterday.

My two cents.

Tom.