[mou] Baltimore Oriole!
Bill Kass
wjkhahk@charter.net
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:54:18 -0600
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I got a very pleasant surprise on Friday after our 10 =C2=BD inches of =
snow in Rochester. About noon, my 9 year old looked out our back window =
and glaring in the sunlight was a male Baltimore Oriole sitting in an =
almost bare bush against a sunlit snow covered background. Beautiful =
sight, especially considering that even thought my backyard species =
count is about 45, I have never had a Oriole until now, even with =
oranges, jelly, and hummingbird feeders. I wondered why it was here and =
realized that it was picking berries off of one of my bushes (along with =
the juncos). It hung around all day eating those berries and sitting in =
the sun. The next day it was nowhere to be found. I did get some very =
good pictures though, but I had to use my Minolta with a telephoto lens.
Bill Kass
Rochester, MN
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LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">inches of snow in =
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almost bare bush against a sunlit snow covered =
background.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> Beautiful sight, =
especially considering that even thought my backyard species count is =
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picking berries off of one of my bushes (along with the juncos). =
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sun.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> The next day it was =
nowhere to be found. I did get some very good pictures though, but =
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<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Bill =
Kass</FONT></SPAN></P>
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