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From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:34:42 -0500
Sorry to be the skeptic, but I would like to see more details on the
reported Audubon's Oriole at Estero Llano Grande.
How was subadult male Hooded Oriole eliminated? Audubon's Oriole would be a
GREAT (basically unprecedented) record for Estero, especially in summer, so
additional details would be desirable. Did the oriole seem large or was it
slender--same for the bill? Were the lighting conditions good enough to
distinguish black from dark olive or brownish? Similarly, was the bird
really yellow or yellowish? Were any photos taken? If anyone has any
information, I'd be very happy to see it.

Thanks,
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX



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*** Species Summary:

- Redhead (1 report)
- Lesser Scaup (1 report)
- Audubon's Oriole (4 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jul 26, 2013 18:45 by John Brush
- Sugar House Pond (FM1425), Hidalgo, Texas
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=26.270968,-97.8674512&ll=26.270968,-97.8674512
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14788540
- Comments: "Both had the typical "red head" obvious, even from a distance."

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (1)
- Reported Jul 26, 2013 18:45 by John Brush
- Sugar House Pond (FM1425), Hidalgo, Texas
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=26.270968,-97.8674512&ll=26.270968,-97.8674512
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14788540
- Comments: "Female type. Had white base to bill. In with a couple redheads
for head comparison."

Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) (1)
- Reported Jul 26, 2013 13:30 by Ellen Baker
- Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054), Hidalgo, Texas
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=26.1260304,-97.9559173&ll=26.1260304,-97.9559173
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14791360

Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) (1)
- Reported Jul 26, 2013 12:56 by Alison Sheehey
- Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054), Hidalgo, Texas
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=26.1260304,-97.9559173&ll=26.1260304,-97.9559173
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14787436
- Comments: "Yellow oriole with partial black hood. Short white wing bars."

Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) (1)
- Reported Jul 26, 2013 12:10 by Jill Hays
- Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054), Hidalgo, Texas
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=26.1260304,-97.9559173&ll=26.1260304,-97.9559173
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14787819
- Comments: "1 juvenile was observed at close range for several minutes as
it ate berries and then drank water from one of the water features at the
entrance to the park, on the trail to the visitor center. It was a large
oriole with yellow upperparts and underparts. The wings and tail were pale
black and the back was also yellow. The head was stages of yellow and black
- black on the throat and face and some black feathers on crown and nape. 2
observers saw the bird through binoculars and a scope at distances from 5
to 35 feet away."

Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) (1)
- Reported Jul 26, 2013 13:09 by Michael Dupree
- Estero Llano Grande SP--Tropical Zone, Hidalgo, Texas
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=26.124386,-97.9585648&ll=26.124386,-97.9585648
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14787347
- Comments: "Sub-adult. Olive head, yellowish stomach, grayish wings with
two wing bars that were not very defined."

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