Birds Near the House

I was walking into the kitchen this afternoon when I saw a flash of orange out the back-door window. As I got closer, I could see that it was the orange bird again. It was hunting for food right near the house.

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Orange Bird: My best guess is that it’s a female northern oriole.

While I was taking pictures of my new orange friend, I was inadvertently irritating my nearest neighbor. Here is a picture of the look it gave me when I pointed the camera in its direction.

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The robin is keeping its eye on me.

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4 Responses to Birds Near the House

  1. sprite says:

    Cool oriole! I didn’t know there were any other types besides the Baltimore. Pretty and informative!

  2. chick says:

    I used my field guide for deciding which bird it was, but my field guide may be out of date in calling it a “northern oriole.” I think that they used to call all the orioles by that name, but now they call the two types “Baltimore oriole” and “Bullock’s oriole.” So mine was probably a Baltimore. In any event, I hope to see more orioles in the neighborhood. They’re very pretty!

  3. sprite says:

    The Baltimore orioles I’ve seen have been more black with bright orange, rather than orange with gray, but online sources suggest yours is probably a female Baltimore, rather than the males I’ve seen. Cool!

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