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Laggard · Monday 25th July 2011, 19:00

Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield MN is a mixture of lakes, marshes and prairie surrounded by old growth decidious forest. Around 3:00 PM.

In a medium sized tree, at a marsh/prairie transitional area at roughly the "1:00" position 30 feet off the ground we saw the following bird. Robin sized. Head and chest light gold/orange with no crown or tuft. Yellowish underneath at base of tail. Darker wings with a pale bar. Thin beak, longer than a sparrows but shorther than a spotted piper.

It sat in the tree making this short repetive call roughly once every five seconds. Excuse me for this description but it sounded like "Beers run run run."

My first thought was an Oriole but at home listening to known Oriole recordings nothing matched.

Please help!

Thanks

Phil Carter · Monday 25th July 2011, 19:11

Description seems good for an Oriole, maybe Orchard. Not sure about the call though.

Phil

Laggard · Monday 25th July 2011, 19:19

Guess I've never seen an oriole with no black. Hmmm Could be juvenile.

beakgeek · Tuesday 26th July 2011, 15:29

I would not expect an orchard oriole at that location. I live 15 minutes away and have never seen one there. Sounds like a Baltimore Oriole - probably a young of the year or a female.

Monday 25th July 2011, 19:00	#1
Laggard Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Minneapolis, MN USA Posts: 125	Need ID help for Minnesota, USA Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield MN is a mixture of lakes, marshes and prairie surrounded by old growth decidious forest. Around 3:00 PM. In a medium sized tree, at a marsh/prairie transitional area at roughly the "1:00" position 30 feet off the ground we saw the following bird. Robin sized. Head and chest light gold/orange with no crown or tuft. Yellowish underneath at base of tail. Darker wings with a pale bar. Thin beak, longer than a sparrows but shorther than a spotted piper. It sat in the tree making this short repetive call roughly once every five seconds. Excuse me for this description but it sounded like "Beers run run run." My first thought was an Oriole but at home listening to known Oriole recordings nothing matched. Please help! Thanks

Monday 25th July 2011, 19:11	#2
Phil Carter Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Essex Posts: 1,732	Description seems good for an Oriole, maybe Orchard. Not sure about the call though. Phil __________________ We've all done it....I know I have.

Monday 25th July 2011, 19:19	#3
Laggard Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Minneapolis, MN USA Posts: 125	Guess I've never seen an oriole with no black. Hmmm Could be juvenile. Last edited by Laggard : Monday 25th July 2011 at 19:44.

Tuesday 26th July 2011, 15:29	#4
beakgeek Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 158	I would not expect an orchard oriole at that location. I live 15 minutes away and have never seen one there. Sounds like a Baltimore Oriole - probably a young of the year or a female. __________________ Terence P. Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://naturepixels.com

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