[birdky] Re: FYI: Other rare oriole reports in the interior of North America

I do not believe the document Brainard cited includes states south of us,
such as Georgia and Louisiana.  Some other records of Scott's Oriole are
from there and were provided by Tim Avery on the Indiana Bird listserv. I've
copied some of his text as follows:

{{Georgia - 1 sighting, November 3, 2002 and remained through November
8th. For several days it frequented a November 3, 2002 and remained
through November 8th. For several days it frequented a persimmon tree
located in Upson County, Georgia.

Louisiana seems to be a hotspot for Scott's, at least in terms of having the

most records away from the breeding western states. The following list is
and
excerpt from an email by Alvaro Jaramillo in 1997 requesting information
about
Scott's Orioles away form their normal range.


Louisiana Birds by George H.Lowery, Jr., 1974, lists six records.
An immature male, specimen - 27 December 1958 - Cameron Parish.
An adult male on May 6, 1962 in Lafourche Parish.
An adult male on January 29, 1967 in Orleans Parish.
A female on November 9, 1969 in Cameron Parish.
A male from January 26 - March 15, 1973 and another bird from January 29 -
March 8, 1974 in Evangeline Parish.


Another record of a male in St. Landry Parrish, from Jan 27 to March 2 1990.

Nancy Newfield saw an immature male on October 24,1984 in Orleans Parish;
New
Orleans. That bird was seen by many people.

There have been at least 2 additional records since then in addition to the
1990 bird listed above, including one in northern Louisiana. I am not sure
of
records post 1997. }}

Mark Monroe
Louisville


On 2/14/07, Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC) <
Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx> wrote:


 Thanks to Bob Domagalski with the assistance of contacts in
"mid-continent" states and provinces (non-coastal), an unpublished summary
of vagrant birds in the middle of the continent was circulated in January
2003. This summary includes the following reports of vagrant orioles:

Hooded Oriole -- 1 record in *ON* in May 1992

Streak-backed Oriole -- 1 record in *WI* in Jan 1998

Bullock's Oriole -- 17 reports from scattered states mostly in fall and
winter

Scott's Oriole -- 7 reports as follows: late May to mid-June 1974 in *MN*;
June 1975 in *NE*; Nov 1975 in *ON*; April 1977 in *KS*; late Nov 1995 to
Feb 1996 in *WI*; Jan to Feb 2000 in *IL*; and April 2002 in *MN*.

I have not reviewed more recent issues of Nort*h American Birds *to fill
in the recent records and this does not include east-coast states.  However,
it provides a decent reference to put the winter 2006-2007 birds in KY-IN
into perspective.

I have no idea if all of these were accepted by state records committees
or if unnatural origin was demonstrated for any. I have several times been
glad that Bob put this summary together and this is yet another :o)

bpb, Frankfort

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