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Orchard Oriole (male)
Icterus spurius
29.5669, -94.3935
Field Notes
Description:
migrating thru High Island, TX going north.
Male Description
Head all black. Tail, back, and most of wings black. Breast, belly, rump, and shoulder dark chestnut. One thin white wingbar; other wing feathers edged in white.
Female Description
Bright greenish yellow below. Olive-green above. Wings brownish with two narrow white wingbars.
Immature Description
Similar to adult female. First-year male yellow like female but with black throat patch and occasionally some chestnut feathers on body.
Habitat:
Nests in gardens, orchards, suburban areas, along streams and lakes, and in large planted trees near houses. In winter found in tropical forests.
Notes:
•Only loosely territorial, the Orchard Oriole is often described as a "semicolonial" species in areas of prime habitat, but it is relatively solitary in marginal habitats. In areas of dense nesting, one tree may contain multiple nests.
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