Association of Shelter Veterinarians – April 19, 2023
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JUNE 1, 2023
The Association of Shelter Veterinarians held its annual member reception in Baltimore on April 19. The association presented awards and announced new officials.
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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2021
Baltimore Oriole- one of the more common wintering birds in Costa Rica. Based on birding this very morning from the back of my place in Costa Rica, I can guarantee that at least some Baltimore Orioles, Tennessee Warblers , a Painted Bunting and a few other migrants are still far to the south.
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A Quick Visit to a Mud Puddle
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2021
I wish this Baltimore Oriole had stuck around a bit longer. This Song Sparrow really liked the mulberries. (It’s It’s the same bird as at the top of the post.). It’s hard to find something interesting to say about Song Sparrows. . At least I got this decent shot! I’m blogging again. Expect more soon!
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Birding Villahermosa’s Urban Parks
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2024
And the Baltimore Oriole is an iconic eastern bird, which winters along Mexico’s east coast, but never in the west. But it is a private property, to which I don’t have access. I photographed the first of only two Northern Parulas ever reported in my state, way back in 2013. But obviously, I haven’t seen one since then.
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The Once and Future Oriole
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2014
I can’t possibly remember when the Baltimore and Bullock’s Orioles were lumped into Northern Oriole. I felt like the injustice was fresh, and that I, personally, had been robbed of the Baltimore Oriole. You’ll note that I felt robbed of the Baltimore Oriole. Images courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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What is the State Bird of Maryland?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2016
Suddenly, we catch a flash of bright orange: a Baltimore Oriole. Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States. Baltimore Orioles breed in open woodlands or forest edges , preferring deciduous trees.
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I and the Bird: What is a Raven?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2013
But when the Baltimore Ravens are set to play in Super Bowl XLVII, suddenly everyone loves ravens. And come back later in the week when I predict with almost uncanny certitude the likelihood of the Baltimore Ravens winning Super Bowl XLVII! Enjoy our special RAVEN edition of I and the Bird.
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My Trip to Costa Rica Part 2
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2019
Before leaving Olguita’s on the second day in Costa Rica, I spotted this migrant male Baltimore Oriole ( Icterus galbula ) pictured above, but I also enjoyed a resident Black-cowled Oriole ( Icterus prosthemelas ), both lifers! Since the weather was not favorable for snorkeling I decided to kayak up the local Quebrada Ernesto Inlet.
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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of 2015?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2015
Corey has already added some cracking birds to his year list and will continue his relentless observation of avifauna while visiting Baltimore this weekend. A pristine weekend lies before you like an untroubled field of freshly fallen snow. Make your mark and see some birds. How about you? Share your plans in the comments below.
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There Are Migratory Birds Other Than Wood-Warblers. Who Knew?
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2014
Everyone loves Baltimore Orioles ! What’s better than a Summer Tanager or a Baltimore Oriole ? A Summer Tanager and a Baltimore Oriole ! This cooperative bird was around Forest Park for several days. Well, with the exception of Yankee and Red Sox fans. These guys were hanging out in Cunningham Park.
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Orange You Glad To See Me?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2014
Baltimore Oriole. If you ask me, no bird looks more at home with an orange than a male Baltimore. Normally a suspicous and scolding bird of thickets, catbirds become a bird of close proximity and courage when confronted with a fresh orange. Orchard Oriole. Orioles, really, really like oranges. They can’t get enough.
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In Costa Rica, Fall is our Spring
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
Baltimore Orioles are coming to feeders in November and checking out avocado trees (I saw six of them doing just that a few hour ago), Tennessee Warblers are masquerading as Old World warblers in most places, and small flocks of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are making appearances.
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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Photographers: John Kricher (Baltimore Oriole; Great Blue Herons); John Grant (Bald Eagles); Van Remsen (Northern Cardinal); Bruce Hallett (Atlantic Puffin). __. As he says, this requires a “muscular cloaca,” such as the one the Puffin, below, is showing off; perhaps that photograph is an appropriate way to end this review: __.
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The Oriolest Oriole
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2013
In North America, at least in the eastern part of it, we celebrate the return of the Baltimore Oriole to parks and farms this time of year. Baltimore Orioles are surprisingly slight when you get a look at them, but troupials are about the size of a jay, and with the bearing to go with it. I will broker no argument to the contrary.
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Splitsville
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2020
There is an interesting story behind these species: The Bullock’s Oriole is itself the product of a split, when in 1995 the western race of the Northern Oriole was given that name, while the eastern race was renamed the Baltimore Oriole.
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May Warblers, Costa Rican Style
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2020
An Eastern Wood-Pewee sallying from a branch, compared to flashy Scarlet Tanagers and male Baltimore Orioles , the dull plumage of the flycatcher borders on distraction. I know, blasphemy(!) but when Magnolia Warblers are flitting in the trees and Black-throated Blue Warblers are in sight, what can I say?
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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of August 2011)
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 7, 2011
but my best bird of the weekend was in Baltimore, specifically the Aquarium. The Baltimore Aquarium boasts, among its many phenomenal attractions, a tiny but terrific rainforest populated by some outstanding birds. Would you believe my best bird of the weekend was a Screaming Piha ? Believe it, and in the ABA area no less.
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Revenge of the Birds!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2012
Sure the Baltimore Orioles and the St. Louis Cardinals were both eliminated from Major League Baseball’s World Series but that doesn’t mean that birds aren’t going to fight back. Don’t believe me? Check out this video of a seagull pooping on a Fox anchor at the World Series.
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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or When Harry Met Mercedes
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
There was that one that I remembered from my first sighting in Selva Verde, a black-and-red thrush-like bird that I also remembered to be so poorly depicted in a field guide that IDing it from the book was practically impossible.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of August 2015)
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 30, 2015
As feared, work kept me from appreciating the richness of avian diversity in western New York, but luckily a juvenile Baltimore Oriole crossed my path to provide something fun to observe. As eager as birders are for the beginning of fall migration, many parents are even more excited (some would say desperate ) for the start of school.
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An Insect Hatch at Kissena Corridor Park
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2013
Baltimore Orioles are slightly better at flycatching than Yellow Warblers but still fall far short of the skills displayed by Eastern Kingbirds. On my latest visit to Kissena Corridor Park on Friday evening after work it was neither seeds nor berries that captured the attention of hungry birds.
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Goldfinches Coming, Orioles Leaving
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2013
And then there are the orioles like the above immature Baltimore Oriole that is loading up on food and about head south on migration. It makes sense that they start so late since so much of their diet is based in seeds and their young will need lots of it. Late summer provides an abundance of seeds, unlike early spring.
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Collaborative list – March 2020
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2020
Baltimore Oriole ( Icterus galbula ). House Finch ( Haemorhous mexicanus ). European Greenfinch ( Chloris chloris ). European Goldfinch ( Carduelis carduelis ). Canyon Towhee ( Melozone fusca ). Black-vented Oriole ( Icterus wagleri ). Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ). Common Grackle ( Quiscalus quiscula ).
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151 Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of February 2016)
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2016
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a Baltimore Oriole in my yard, but obviously they’re hard to miss when they turn up. I’ve added plenty of new species to my year list, but the bird I appreciated most this weekend was the one closest to home.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of August 2016)
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2016
Despite his not going to the birds, the birds came to him and his Best Bird of the Weekend is a tie between a Cooper’s Hawk that tried to thin the neighborhood pigeon flock and a Baltimore Orioles that, oddly for late August, flew over his balcony while singing. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
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Serendipity Plus Avocado = Yellow-billed Cuckoo
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2016
Snow has touched down in some places up north, up there on the breeding grounds of Mourning Warblers , Baltimore Orioles , and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Go birding almost anywhere in this snow-less land from now until March and you would be hard-pressed to pass a day without at least hearing the chattering of Baltimore Orioles.
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135 Midsummer’s Bird and Some Thoughts on Naming
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2013
The fact is, it’s all part and parcel of a long tradition of bad bird naming: Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Ring-necked Ducks , Connecticut Warblers that rarely appear in Connecticut and Baltimore Orioles that have nothing in particular to to with the city of Baltimore, and of course the endless procession of birds named for the friends and family (..)
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178 I and the Bird: Looking for Falcons and Ravens
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2013
Alas, Atlanta couldn’t seal the deal in the second half, but Baltimore bullied their way to the Big Game. Those of us perched precariously at the intersection of birds and sports couldn’t help but hope for a Bird Bowl, where both teams competing in Super Bowl XLVII were named for birds.
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The Merlin Out Back
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The Rufous-capped Warbler is also there and now that the northern winter has taken hold, we have daily visits of Baltimore Orioles, Tennessee, Yellow, and Chestnut-sided Warblers. The early hours are celebrated with the loud voices of Rufous-naped and Cabanis’s Wrens.
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Pat’s Costa Rica Bird List, 2021
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 16, 2021
Watching Baltimore Orioles consort with Blue-gray Tanagers as Great Kiskadees throw down their wings and yell is the perfect start to any day. Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. Tracking the soaring of a Bateleur in hot African skies is a lifetime gift. I saw some of that avian action this morning.
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Two Hours at the Forest Park Waterhole
10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2012
All of the images in this post were taken in that two-hour period on Saturday – and I left out several species of wood-warbler, to say nothing of the Scarlet Tanager , Red-eyed Vireo , and Baltimore Oriole … Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler wanting a Worm-eating Warbler to give up the bath Black-throated Green Warbler Common (..)
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
The Wire: A hard-hitting, critically-acclaimed series about the underprivileged lives of Barn Swallows in Baltimore. Orange is the New Green: Molt teaches a privileged but naive young Altamira Oriole some valuable life lessons.
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174 Can the Falcons Win the Super Bowl?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2017
The Baltimore Ravens crushed my beloved New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV (2001) to become football’s finest feathered franchise. Avian-themed teams simply don’t do very well in the big game. In the previous 50 Super Bowl match-ups, only twice has a football team named for a bird emerged victorious.
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Identifying the Mystery Bird
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2014
Ever rehabbed a Baltimore Oriole ? BTW: Type “(species name) baby” into Google Images – do NOT use the terms hatchling, nestling or fledgling, or you’ll never get decent results.” ” “I’d say Orchard Oriole , but he’s too big. They’re a blast! Blackbird mentality. Very goofy and vocal.”
What do you get a bird-lover who has everything?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
You can choose from these birds: Northern Cardinal, Common Loon, Atlantic Puffin, Roseate Spoonbill, Baltimore Oriole, Bald Eagle, Snowy Plover, Sandhill Crane, American Goldfinch, Mountain Bluebird, Spectacled Eider, Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, Burrowing Owl, Rufous Hummingbird, and Painted Bunting.
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138 NYC mystery warbler: Odd Blackpoll, hybrid, or Carbonated Warbler?
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2015
I’d seen nine warbler species, Baltimore Orioles , a brilliant Scarlet Tanager , and what seemed like dozens of catbirds when an odd warbler caught my eye. It was birdy this morning on the banks of the Hudson River in lower Manhattan.
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181 Costa Rica’s Best Birds of Halloween
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2018
This is why the Yellow Warblers and Baltimore Orioles of summer don’t linger to experience October 31st, and even late fall migrants like kinglets and sparrows move to slightly warmer regions. Lacking the benefit of heated shelters, birds must heed that warning or perish.
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166 Mr. Smith’s Longspur
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2011
Smith of Baltimore, Maryland, was not really a birder. And despite the name, one certainly better than any silkworm pusher from Baltimore ever got. Nor was he an ornithologist. So it’s probably ironic that his name is applied to such a range-restricted and cryptic species, a true birder’s bird.
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May Migration in Queens
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2012
And here’s hoping that your May is as fine as mine…97 species in the first three days of the month and 28 days of May still to come!
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New Faces at the Olde Homestead
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2014
I think what really stung was the fact that these orioles – and there were several, male and female, along with at least two pairs of Baltimore Orioles – were coming to the feeders.
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157 Half Hardy
10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2011
The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. The truth is, wintering Baltimore Orioles are unusual, but not unheard of, in the southeast. Instead I saw a flash of orange.
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When Is It Time To Stop Feeding Birds?
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2012
I defy someone to look out the window and see a neon orange Baltimore Oriole accented by bright American Goldfinches and not acknowledge how cool that is. The other thing that baffled me is that birds are the most colorful in the summer–all that crazy breeding plumage. How could you not want to attract that to your yard?
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230 Birding Flushing Airport
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2012
The old runway in particular is excellent shorebird habitat, and the open wet woodlands growing up from, for lack of a better word, fields, elsewhere on the property shelter nesting Warbling Vireos , Orchard and Baltimore Orioles , Yellow Warblers , Common Yellowthroats , Tree Swallows , Song Sparrows , and other species.
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