Orchard Oriole Photos
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Orchard Oriole 1 (male) ...
Orchard Oriole
First-year male
Similar Species
Baltimore Oriole male similarly patterned, but bright orange, not deep brick red, and with orange in tail. Female and immature male light orange, not yellow.
Orchard Oriole
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The Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) is a common nesting bird across much of the eastern half of the United States.
Orchard Oriole
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Male Orchard Oriole is quite distictive. Female Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles have grayer bellies than female Orchard Orioles. Female Hooded Oriole very similar but has a decurved bill.
Orchard Oriole
(Icterus spurius)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Likely but not confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius (Linnaeus)
Status Rare vagrant. The first report of this species in Nova Scotia was of a female collected at Three Fathom Harbour on 6 September 1890 (Piers 1894).
THE ORCHARD ORIOLE, OR HANG-NEST.
[Orchard Oriole.]
ICTERUS SPURIUS, Gmel.
[Icterus spurius.] ...
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) ...
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and fall in all regions, and occasional in winter in Mountain and Gulf Coast regions. In breeding season, found in open areas, with scattered trees, especially near water.
Orchard Oriole
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Osprey
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
The Orchard Oriole occurs in most of the eastern United States during the breeding season. In the Southeast during the breeding season, this species occurs throughout the region except for peninsular Florida.
Orioles diet chiefly consists of insects and fruit. In the orchard oriole, chestnut replaces the brilliant orange of the Baltimore Oriole .The Bullock's oriole, of West North America has orange markings on the head.
Other animal pictures ...
Eastern Meadowlark (PR)
Red-winged Blackbird (PR)
Rusty Blackbird (WR)
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird (PR)
Common Grackle (PR)
Orchard Oriole (SR)
Baltimore Oriole (SR) ...
In the orchard oriole, chestnut replaces the brilliant orange of the Baltimore oriole. Bullock's oriole, of W North America, has orange markings on the head. New World orioles lay four to six eggs per clutch and both sexes incubate the eggs.
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, 30 Apr
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula: Forest Park, Queens, NY, 24 Apr
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus: Saugerties, NY, 24 Apr ...
 See also: Oriole, Robin, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole, Warbler
  
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