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The Oriolest Oriole

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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. Take a look at this sucker.

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Birding Gatsby Country

10,000 Birds

Built almost half a century earlier for the steel magnate Charles Hudson, in its heyday it included not only a palatial mansion and formal decorative gardens but also a large walled vegetable garden and working dairy farm. Dog ticks have been a bugaboo of mine ever since my first trip to Bear Mountain.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

10,000 Birds

Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. 03 Jan 2019.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

10,000 Birds

Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Chomes–Calle San Agustín and farms. Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). enta fish farm. Santa Barbara Pipasa coffee farms.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

10,000 Birds

Santa Barbara Pipasa coffee farms. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Santa Barbara Pipasa coffee farms. enta fish farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Mi Cafecito restaurant and farm. Spot-fronted Swift – Cypseloides cherriei. Villa San Ignacio, Alajuela. 23 Feb 2019. 20 Feb 2019. san rafael road.

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