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Chesapeake Wingate, MD(Zone 7b) May 03, 2009

This bird keeps coming back to the hummingbird feeder.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) May 03, 2009

Yep! Male Orchard Oriole.

Resin

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pelletory Marlton, NJ May 03, 2009

Congratulations Chesapeake!

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Chesapeake Wingate, MD(Zone 7b) May 04, 2009

Thank you, I thought it may be a Baltimore Oriole at least I hoped so, but I'll settle for any oriole.

Peg

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crazybirdlady51 Wilmar, AR(Zone 8a) May 04, 2009

Orchards are the kind of Orioles that I get here. So far they haven't come to my nectar feeders (that I know of) but they sure make a lot of noise! LOL

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hilltopper2 Greenwood, AR May 08, 2009

Oriole on feeder, Ozarks.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) May 08, 2009

To tell Orchard Oriole (first pic) from Baltimore Oriole (second pic), note (1) the darker red of the Orchard compared to the brighter orange of Baltimore, and (2) Orchard has an all-black tail, Baltimore has orange sides to the tail.

Females are a bit trickier, greeny-yellow in Orchard, more orangey-yellow in Baltimore.

Resin

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