Hi Larry! That makes so much sense based on what it looked like...it was the size that threw me off. I don't think of tanagers as being as big as an oriole!
So, I looked it up. AllAboutBirds and Audubon describe Bullock's Oriole as 7 to 8.5" and Western Tanager as 6.0 to 7.5". I've got a big husky Western Tanager immature male hanging around with a mob of Bullock's Orioles. Thanks! Ann On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 6:03:29 PM UTC-6, Larry wrote: > > Hi Ann, > > Nice pictures! You may have heard there’s also a Western Tanager palooza > going on. One of them who hasn’t quite gotten dressed for spring yet > decided your feeder was better. His head will become redder soon! > > Larry Modesitt > Arvada > > On May 20, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Ann Donoghue <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I seem to have an oriole festival going on at my house. There are > Bullock's: 2 adult males, 1 sub-adult male, 1 or 2 females....and then > there is an unknown. > > It seems quite oriole-like. > It is hanging around with the orioles. > Its beak is not as long and pointy (seems stubbier). > It doesn't have any eye stripe. > It has some orange on its head. > It's more yellow than the female Bullock's. > It's a bit bossy and pushes the other male Bullock's from the > feeders...and then is pushed away. > > Any ideas on what I'm seeing? > > The attached pictures are my lame attempt at digi-scoping...all I have is > my iPhone, my binocs and my poor photography skills. > > Thanks, > Ann Donoghue > Fort Collins (County Rd 3 between Mulberry and Vine) > > <IMG_0807.JPG> > > <IMG_0806.JPG> > > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8554d3b1-fd32-4657-9d89-260aceb7880b%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8554d3b1-fd32-4657-9d89-260aceb7880b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <IMG_0807.JPG><IMG_0806.JPG> > > > -- 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/5c4950c0-a841-41db-925f-9e822e3976d2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
