Orchard Orioles have increased a lot as breeders in the whole New York City area over the past 20 years, but this might easily have been a migrant. This species is one of the earliest to depart our area and is seldom seen after mid August.
Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-124853306-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-124853306-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Jonathan Perez [jonathan.ape...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:05 AM To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Orchard oriole female- first fall Likely a breeding bird, as they are now breeding in westchester— > > On Aug 15, 2020, at 10:01 PM, Jonathan Perez <jonathan.ape...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I had my first orchard oriole of the fall migration. I was running the Bronx > River parkway halfway between crest wood and bronxville. > > The bird had a distinctive two-note “chuck” and white edged feathers on the > wing bars, olive upper parts and yellow underparts. I like a Baltimore > Oriole, it lacked any bright orange, black hood, and no orange on chest. > > Yellow overall and larger- I at first thought it was a chat. But it became > apparent it was a female orchard oriole, also the long down curved bill. > > Nothing super special, but nice to see a migratory bird again. > > JP > > Please excuse my brevity. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --