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Recent content by Lady19thC

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    Disappearing Backyard Birds

    I've noticed that I can have on and off years. Last year was an off year. Until the fall. In the summer we had very few finches, cardinals, etc., and it was so quiet, I thought I was doing something wrong. But I wasn't. Nature simply gave us a year that had lots of natural food, and the...
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    Tree Swallows

    Our pair of tree swallows have been doing great in keeping away preditors. Please pray that they will continue well! There are 5 eggs under all this white feather fluff, and should start hatching, any day now. I am so excited. Parents are dive bombing anyone who comes near the box, so I have...
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    ***Urgent: Young Bird Found***

    Well, I have to admit, I have pretty good luck with putting the bird back where you found it, and as quickly as possible. Putting it in a basket, a bowl, any kind of container and sticking it in the hedge would be a good option. The parents are probably looking for it, and often, when we think...
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    And Lady, culmen is the upper half of the beak, and that was what my previous post was hinting at. Yes, the beak is definitely straight, so I guess an Orchard Oriole is out of the question. We also had 3 males at the feeder area, yesterday, so perhaps nesting is not far away. Sadly, our...
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    need help identifying new bird in Mass !

    I was going to say an Eastern Towhee, but maybe not. Here is a picture of one.
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Well, I wish I could invite all of you over to watch the show. My husband was just finishing with mowing the lawn when he saw 3 male Baltimore Orioles chasing each other around the area where the oranges are. What a magnet these feeders are! I have two more feeders, but lack another double...
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    No, seriously, it is the exact same bird, because I took the pictures in succession, only taking a few seconds to zoom in a bit before the picture where she stretched out. I was told that was the best way to take good pictures...just keep clicking and clicking in succession, and then you could...
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Oh, and if you look carefully at the two pictures, even though it is the same feeder, you can see that not only is the bird lighter, but so is the grass and the orange! Got to love digital cameras!
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Except those are the exact same birds. The sun went in and out, the feeder twirled in the wind, and when the bird stretched out to eat, she looked paler. I was also fooling around with the zoom lens, as I was using a digitial camera (Olympus 340 10x) as well as the digital zoom, and knew it can...
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    No, I like things described and looked into! I just need to learn my various birding lingo. Now that I am getting pretty good at identifying my various birds, especially sparrows of many sorts, I need to learn my bird parts! LOL
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Too funny. I guess I need to teach myself a bit of the birding lingo before I translate that post! But, thank you! I will take it as a female oriole!
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Jeepers, creepers! Another "Oriole" showed up, this morning. Please tell me if you think this is a female Baltimore Oriole or a female Orchard Oriole. Thank you!
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Thank you, all! I will definitely look for that article and copy it. Birding is big around here, in MA, so I bet I will find it in my library, or one nearby. Stokes Oriole Book also has quite a lot about identifying orioles, and that was how I came to the conclusion it was a female B.Oriole...
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Are you all stumped? LOL I see people are looking at my post, but no responses! I just resent more pics to Audubon and got letters from three of their people. All three say it is a female-one admits to being in the "ozone" and identifying it incorrectly, the other day! Anyhow, I have a...
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    First year male, or female Baltimore Oriole?

    Well, help! LOL Cornell says this is a female Baltimore Oriole, and Audubon says this is a 1st yr. male Baltimore Oriole. I also have a mature male at the oranges, and sometimes they eat together, which tells me this other one must be a female. Anyhow, I am doing the Baltimore Oriole watch...
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