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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:11 AM
Took this today just outside of Wichita Falls, TX. We have several Bullock's around and also Baltimore Orioles but this is the first of one with no black on the top of the head. Also the black on the neck is quite narrow and only goes to the eye and not beyond. No orange medium coverts. Range wise 1st year Orchard would work and matches most items. Reference OK IDs thread ... very similar bird.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:18 AM
I think its a 1st year Male Bullock's, although its eye-line looks a bit short.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:22 AM
Superficially looks like a Streak-backed Oriole... lemme do some research... ::EDIT:: immature male Altamira Oriole is approaches this bird. Still out of range.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:26 AM
As I was reviewing Sibley's the streak-backed look very similar but the beak is off. Should be straighter and black tipped on bottom mandible. It seems to miss one of the markings on them all.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:28 AM
I like first year Orchard male, but that's just me.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:32 AM
While we are on Orioles. Here is a female I took a bit later. She was hanging out with a Bullock's and her markings seem to match. What say y'all?
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:37 AM
Yeah, I'd be comfortable calling that a female Bullock's.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 04:30 AM
No first year male Orchard has ever been that orange, lol. The second is for sure a female Bullock's.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 04:34 AM
No first year male Orchard has ever been that orange, lol. The second is for sure a female Bullock's.
Could it be the white balance of the photo, though? The sky looks a bit on the red side.
I'm just playing the skeptical card for Altamira, because that would be a VERY good bird for that area. Wichita Falls is almost in Oklahoma.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 01:48 PM
The first looks like a 1st year Bullock's to me.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:17 PM
I could buy weird immature male Bullock's.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:39 PM
i only get the bullocks orioles here in southwest colorado. i have 3 to 4 pairs nest each spring here. i just went back thru 6 years of oriole photos and a found several young male bullocks that were similar to the post. I'm far from any kind of expert but i would have to vote for a immature male bullocks and the second a female bullocks
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 04:00 PM
It looks kinda like a winter male Hooded Oriole, but that would be way out of range. The beak is droopy like the Hooded, and the markings make more sense. For the Bullocks', it would obviously be missing the black hood and longer eyeline. The wing bars also look a little too faded, but I think that's just me.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 08:16 PM
Hmm, to me, all of the birds in this thread look perfectly fine for Bullock's Orioles. I was surprised to see the contention.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 09:35 PM
Whoops, I looked further and the first spring Bullock's Oriole looks like this. Lol, now I feel stupid. 
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 12:17 AM
So is this Streaked Backed or Bullocks?Took this today just outside of Wichita Falls, TX. We have several Bullock's around and also Baltimore Orioles but this is the first of one with no black on the top of the head. Also the black on the neck is quite narrow and only goes to the eye and not beyond. No orange medium coverts. Range wise 1st year Orchard would work and matches most items. Reference OK IDs thread ... very similar bird.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 12:29 AM
maybe it is Streaked Backed that would be a Great Find!
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 04:03 AM
Fairly straightforward young male Bullock's for me.
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