Apparently there is discussion about a Baltimore/Bullock's Oriole seen yesterday at Belmar by Frank Farrell (and probably others) concerning whether the bird might be a hybrid. I looked at Franks's photos and honestly wasn't sure if it looked like a true hybrid or not (especially considering the amount of variation Oriole hybrids can have). I sent the photo to Van Remsen, who I'm sure a lot of you know. Here was his response:
"Bill — that big white blaze in wing is not found in pure BAOR but looks more like Bullock’s, so I would definitely go with hybrid =================== Dr. J. V. Remsen Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 najames<at>LSU.edu <http://lsu.edu/>" -- 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/dc4a8715-ce13-4e3e-94c8-422a1d95c064%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
