Baltimore Oriole

Konrad___far_north

13 years ago

With a Sony S600 Cybershot

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lalogue86
13 years ago
Wow! love it
awm03
13 years ago
What fabulous coloration. Cool shot!
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This is only my second year to have Orioles and I've never seen a nest. John - Do you know what kind of trees your neighbor has that they like? Last year, the Orioles stayed around for a little while and then disappeared so they must've nested in someone else's yard - not mine. This year they showed up about a week earlier than last year. I've seen as many as 4 males at a time in our dogwood tree where I've been feeding them. The females aren't around as much and I've only seen two. Here's a picture of my "Orange Tree" The darker one in the middle may be an Orchard Oriole. It was rainy. Here's a close-up of a Baltimore Oriole at the feeder.
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It looks cold and I'll bet it is. I think it is a good picture. You girls and your zoom lenses capture neat stuff. Last night just about dark there was a hummingbird flying around on my porch. I saw it when I was getting wood. I wonder how this cold weather is affecting the birds.
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I am thrilled!! I mean super excited!! I just spotted my first pair of Baltimore orioles today!! My neighbor has has an oriole feeder out for several years but we've never spotted one. Now she is in a nursing home and hasn't had anything in her feeder and NOW they showed up. So I rushed around my house and found some thick copper wire, wrapped it around a small plastic cup, glued a yellow lid to the bottom and filled it with home made oriole sugar water mixture. Crossing my fingers that they come back! I'm going to make another feeder with hooks to stick on some orange wedges. These are such stunning birds. How I spotted them was I was cleaning our sons bedroom and saw them out the window on the tops of my dogwood tree jumping across the tops. They did this for several minutes. I then rushed down to my yard after they flew off to see if they were in my yard but no luck. I sure hope they return. Absolutely STUNNING birds!!
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There's a Blue Jay in there too, at the very end. I'm not sure if that's an adult male or female Baltimore Oriole at the grape jelly. The females are really variable and sometimes similar to the males. It seems too early in the season for it to be an immature male. Maybe some of the more knowledgeable birders here will comment. I also wonder about the oriole in the gooseberries. Is that an adult female or a fledgling? Identification is so much easier when an adult male has the brilliant contrasting plumage with solid black. Claire
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joan_mn
13 years ago
Really nice, Konrad!
Konrad___far_north
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you all!

Konrad
bigack
13 years ago
Beautiful bird, such a sharp pic!
alisande
13 years ago
That's a great shot, Konrad!!

If I get one Baltimore Oriole sighting a year, I'm lucky. But this year a pair actually nested here, and I managed to get a long-distance shot of one of the babies before his (her?) flying skills developed. So cute!
awm03
13 years ago
I've never seen an oriole in my life, and oranges are my favorite colors, so am really enjoying these two pictures. Plus, it's encouraging for us newbies to see such a good photo as Konrad's taken with a "lowly" p&s!
pfmastin
13 years ago
Wow, Konrad,
Your photos are always amazing. Can you give us some details for settings, distance, etc for it? It's truly breathtaking.

Speaking of Orioles, here's a photo of a first year male Orchard Oriole at our birdbath. It is a first for me.
crunchpa
13 years ago
Fantastic,thanks!
ms_minnamouse
13 years ago
I never see em either. And I see a LOT of birds. Wow. Your picture is fantastic. Have you thought about submitting it to Nat Geo? You'd have a fair shot at getting it published in their magazine.
Konrad___far_north
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you all!
Alisande, you're very fortunate!...I have about 4 acres of bush and
they might have nested somewhere, hopefully some year's I'll see this
too? ...Great shot of the little one!

Pfmastin, ..lovely picture of the Orchard Oriole!

ms_minnamous,...Thank you for your thoughts, I will look into submitting it somewhere...I know this shot is very special to me, it's a fluke,...like hitting the jackpot, I was sooo surprised, and this is one, out of about only 7 pictures the camera took, it just happen the bird set perfectly, the back ground was good and lighting was perfect, camera took picture by itself, about 12 inches away from bird. I made a home brew remote, it's self activate on a motion control board, the camera is inside a watertight pelican case and shooting through a glass, the camera is set on auto.

This is the set up..

..
I learned the build on the web, Google trail camera, it's what hunters
use to check on wildlife, parts, [motion board] is from USA , if you don't feel comfortable
doing it yourself, you can get them build for around $200.
The 3 small batteries is running the motion board, the 2C batteries
are additional power for the Camera besides the 2AA in the Camera.
There are commercial trail cameras but never have the quality of picture.
If you have a Sony S600, [the best] or a P32, P40, P41 I think, P42,..you have a valuable
camera homebrewers like to get their hands on!
Konrad

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