ML614051391

Age and sex

Adult Male - 1

Observation details

This bird was a male Bullock’s Oriole. eating suet at a feeder. My wife and I watched the feeder for an hour and 45 minutes from a distance of 25 feet, and the bird came twice; we observed it for about 5 minutes in total. The feeder’s owner, who is a friend, said that the bird had been hanging around for more than a week, and we came specifically to see it. It has an orange breast and face, a black cap, a black line through its eye, black wings with a large white wing patch, and a sharp Oriole bill. It was about the same length as the Northern Cardinal which also came to the feeder, but was slimmer. The only Oriolein Sibley’s guide which matches these characteristics is a Bullock’s Oriole. I am aware that this is an unusual bird for this place and time. I took photos of it with my iPhone, but they are rather grainy. The photos submitted here were made by the feeder’s owner, over several visits by the bird.

Technical information

Model

iPhone 13 mini

Lens

iPhone 13 mini back dual wide camera 5.1mm f/1.6

ISO

40

Focal length

5.1 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/1.6

Shutter speed

1/263 sec

Dimensions

4032 pixels x 3024 pixels

Original file size

2.44 MB