Today at Carpenter Nature Center we banded a very yellowish Baltimore Oriole. It was a second year (from last spring) male - note the brownish wings on the photo at http://www.moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl?op=showcase
I've never seen such a yellow colored Baltimore oriole - the only hint of orange was in the upper breast. I'm interested to know about how common this is. Maybe it is not so unusual and I just haven't paid attention. Also, I think someone mentioned seeing or banding an orchard oriole - 2nd year male with a black head and yellow body. The bird was undergoing a molt to adult plumage - the head was changing to black before any of the body had become brick-red. Any idea who described this bird ? Thanks Larry S and CNC banders. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
