good call! songs can be variable, but have same quality and many of the same elements. First-year males will cut their teeth with some singing. Steve
On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 2:08:57 PM UTC-6, Pieter Strauss wrote: > > [image: Bullocks_Oriole_DSC8354_shrp_lvl_crv.jpg] > > [image: Bullocks_Oriole_DSC8356_shrp.jpg] > Saw this bird, I think for the first time, this morning. Location north > shore of Gross Reservoir, Boulder County, 7600 feet. > Note that it was very early morning, so the rising sun has affected the > color somewhat. It paid several visits to my cottonwood tree, searching > the buds for breakfast. > Sorry for slightly out of focus image, this bird seems familiar with the > autofocus limitations of my camera. > Vocalization was a carefully repeated "kut-ka-chuck, ka-choo, ka-choo, > ka-choo" -- not as Sibley describes it for the Bullock's Oriole. > Am I close in my id? At first, I thought it was a Western Tanager just > coming into adult plumage, but the throat marking is black, not red. > My guess is first year male Bullock's Oriole. > Any clues? > > --Pieter > -- 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/27fd206f-2a46-4b30-b193-857a0870a882%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
