Friday, May 7, 2010

Baltimore or Orchard?







This was the first Oriole I've had this year, not quite sure which kind it is.

4 comments:

Jeff Moore said...

Baltimore - no doubt. Can't wait to have them around my house!

Ric said...

I agree with Jeff that it's a Baltimore, but a very blotchy one. Maybe a young male with some old and some new feathers? We have them around our yard now, but for whatever reason they will not come in to our oranges this year.

- Ric

Ric said...

After seeing a bird almost exactly like this one associating with a male at the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve today, I think Mike's bird is "just" a blotchy-looking female Baltimore. Anyone else want to chime in?

- Ric

Jeff Moore said...

Yup, I agree with Ric. I thought it was either a young male with old/new feathers or a female one. Baltimore's are hard to figure out when they have the old/new feathers. I live in the Rockford area and I usually get orioles about 7-10 days after you guys do in Muskegon. Still waiting...