Re: [cobirds] Oriole palooza...but what is this one?

Hi Larry!

That makes so much sense based on what it looked like...it was the size that threw me off.  I don't think of tanagers as being as big as an oriole!  

So, I looked it up.  AllAboutBirds and Audubon describe Bullock's Oriole as 7 to 8.5" and Western Tanager as 6.0 to 7.5".   I've got a big husky Western Tanager immature male hanging around with a mob of Bullock's Orioles.

Thanks!

Ann

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 6:03:29 PM UTC-6, Larry wrote:

Hi Ann,

Nice pictures! You may have heard there's also a Western Tanager palooza going on. One of them who hasn't quite gotten dressed for spring yet decided your feeder was better. His head will become redder soon!

Larry Modesitt

Arvada

On May 20, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Ann Donoghue <ardon...@gmail.com> wrote:

I seem to have an oriole festival going on at my house.  There are Bullock's: 2 adult males, 1 sub-adult male, 1 or 2 females....and then there is an unknown.

It seems quite oriole-like.

It is hanging around with the orioles.

Its beak is not as long and pointy (seems stubbier).

It doesn't have any eye stripe.

It has some orange on its head.

It's more yellow than the female Bullock's.

It's a bit bossy and pushes the other male Bullock's from the feeders...and then is pushed away.

Any ideas on what I'm seeing?

The attached pictures are my lame attempt at digi-scoping...all I have is my iPhone, my binocs and my poor photography skills.

Thanks,

Ann Donoghue

Fort Collins (County Rd 3 between Mulberry and Vine)

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