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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.”

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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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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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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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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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MAY 2, 2020

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula). White-eared Ground-Sparrow (Melozone leucotis). Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna). Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma). Black-vented Oriole (Icterus wagleri). Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus). Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus).

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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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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There are some birds looking to be fed on the label of this week’s beer, too, which is an excellent collaboration from Baltimore brewers Stillwater Artisanal and Oliver Brewing Company called Tuppence (Feed the Birds).

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JUNE 10, 2016

Today the Muttontown Preserve is a combination of tangled second-growth forest and open fields, suitable breeding habitat for a wide variety of beloved bird species.

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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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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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OCTOBER 27, 2013

Checked my BirdAlird when I was in Baltimore. To miss the Chattanooga Chukar. I’m doin’ a big year. With not a species to spare. . I left my Pennsylvania home ’bout a quarter to four. Tell me where the bird is. Nothing is of more bliss. Than to tick if off and have it on my year list. .

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MARCH 7, 2013

Every single tree and bush on the scantily vegetated island has to be thoroughly inspected for migrants during April and the first half of May, which can include up to twenty species of warbler, various vireos, Summer and Scarlet Tanager , Rose-breasted and Blue Grosbeaks , and Baltimore and Orchard Oriole.

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