Just to remind everybody: female orioles sing frequently. So do female
cardinals and grosbeaks. In fact, females sing at least rarely in most
passerine species. So beware of assuming that a bird is a male just because
it's singing!

Nathan Pieplow
Boulder

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:10 AM, Linda Andes-Georges <
andesgeor...@comcast.net> wrote:

> I suppose this is the same bird that was here last year for about a week
> in early June. I hear it singing at the top of the hill near us, which is
> on Ouray Dr at the level of #8424 (lion statue; noisy dogs). It did not
> remain there for long, or breed successfully, as far as I could tell, and I
> wonder why it came back! Same question about the Ovenbirds in south
> Boulder, which return year after year but for which we have never found
> signs of successful breeding.
>
> We also have-- in our yard-- an intriguing Bullock's Oriole; it must be a
> young male, judging from behavior, although it has little trace of a black
> goatee. It sings like a male, and has been going around the house tapping
> on windows, like a robin.
>
> Black-chinned hummers, both sexes, visiting the feeders...
>
> Linda
>
>
> Linda Andes-Georges
> Boulder County (W of Lagerman, N of Haystack, E of Table Mtn)
> [Jean-Pierre says: W of Paris, S of Quebec, E of Tahiti]
> 8417 Stirrup Ln
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