I had my first orchard oriole of the fall migration. I was running the Bronx River parkway halfway between crest wood and bronxville.
The bird had a distinctive two-note “chuck” and white edged feathers on the wing bars, olive upper parts and yellow underparts. I like a Baltimore Oriole, it lacked any bright orange, black hood, and no orange on chest. Yellow overall and larger- I at first thought it was a chat. But it became apparent it was a female orchard oriole, also the long down curved bill. Nothing super special, but nice to see a migratory bird again. JP Please excuse my brevity. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
