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What is the State Bird of Maryland?

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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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Half Hardy

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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. The proposal from U.S.