Folks, Just a friendly reminder that in order to have a chance at becoming a state record, a sighting would first need to be submitted to the CO Bird Records Committee for consideration. I can't speak for the other committee members, but I can say that I would certainly like to see this sighting submitted :) A link to the website where records can be submitted is here: http://coloradobirdrecords.org/. Yes, that is a shameless plug for the committee.
More importantly, I think just about every birder in the state would be interested in seeing this bird for themselves, if that is indeed a possibility. A few observations that point to Hooded Oriole vs. Orchard: - The slightly more decurved bill (especially the upper mandible) - The photo *suggests* a bold upper wing patch a la Hooded (immature M Orchard shows 2 relatively similar width wing bars) - The coloration seems too yellow for Orchard (usually more greenish-yellow), as has already been pointed out - Orchard is very small, not much bigger than a large warbler. Cheers, -- Dan Maynard Denver, CO On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:33 PM, John Ealy <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies. The only clear photo I have is what I posted. The bird is very > timid and flies from the feeder if we approach the windows, which is why I > had to resort to digicam. The more I look at the pic, the more the bird > looks like a young orchard to my eye. I'd love to have a state record bird, > but I'm skeptical. > > On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 9:12:45 PM UTC-6, David Dowell wrote: >> >> Wow! Any photos of the side or back? I'm wondering if Streak-backed >> Oriole is also a possible ID. >> >> David Dowell >> Longmont, CO >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/deb67b33-29c2-4f8d-a233-263e8994eeb1%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/deb67b33-29c2-4f8d-a233-263e8994eeb1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAN0ycWh-98nQF-K33%3Dtm%3DG1CU6wTbmVrHW-%2B1QGuuO%2BLs-aeDw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
