ML28495371

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Curtis spotted this adult male Baltimore Oriole in a flowering Ironwood (Olneya tesota) just outside the perimeter of the trailer park on the eastern side. Striking bird orange bird with completely black hood and back, black wings with white edging to inner secondaries and tips to both median and greater wing coverts. The underparts and rump were rich orange, paling somewhat between the legs. The tail with blackish with olive-orange outer rectrices, giving the underside of the clamped tail a dull orangish color. The beak was sharp and elongate conical with an obvious blue-gray patch at the base of the mandible. The bird flew off into the desert, perhaps to find another flowering Ironwood (these flowering trees were quite attractive to migrants today). We thought we heard is sing distantly, giving the whistled song of Baltimore.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM

ISO

125

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/4.0

Shutter speed

1/2500 sec

Dimensions

1234 pixels x 821 pixels

Original file size

224.58 KB