[wisb] Balt oriole color
- From: Terri <terriw@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:11:26 -0500
I'll suggest that grape jelly consumption has something to do with this
aberration.
Terri Welisek
Calumet County
Sherwood WI
On 8/16/2012 10:39 AM, Tom Wood wrote:
> This phenomenon causing red in Baltimore Orioles is described in "Birding"
> Volume 39 Number 5, September/October 2007. It is believed to be caused by
> ingestion of Rhodoxanthin which is probably acquired from exotic shrubs.
> I accessed the article online by googling Birding Volume 39 Number 5 and
> then scrolling down to "Tricks Exotic Shrubs Do : When Baltimore
> Orioles Stop Being Orange"
>
>
> Thomas Wood,Menomonee Falls,Waukesha County
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tom Schultz
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:52 AM
> To: adam0227@xxxxxxx; wisbirdn
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Forest Beach MIgratory Reserve
>
> Adam, your mystery bird is truly intriguing. The distinctive tapered bill
> shape would suggest that this is some species of oriole, but the red color
> is very unusual. The white wingbars and tertial edges also suggest oriole.
> The backlighting makes it difficult to assess the color accurately, but the
> bird sure does appear to be red (or at least bright reddish-orange) for the
> most part. At the moment, I cannot think of any oriole that would typically
> show this color!
>
> You mentioned that you got a couple of photos -- does the other one show
> another angle?
>
> Tom Schultz
> Green Lake Co.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Sinkula
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:06 AM
> To: wisbirdn
> Subject: [wisb] Forest Beach MIgratory Reserve
>
> Hi all,
>
> Nancy Nabak and I visited FBMR today. We did not see the Red Crossbills, but
> we met a couple down there who had seen them earlier in the morning in the
> evergreens NW of the parking lot.
>
> While walking the trails around the first wooded area we had a
> BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and 2 BOBWHITE QUAIL crossing the path ahead of us.
> I then got a quick glimpse of a red bird near the road and was able to get a
> couple quick shots but it did not stick around long enough to ID. Any help
> would be great.
>
> Bobwhites
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/asinkula/7793193708/in/photostream
>
> Mystery Bird
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/asinkula/7793196746/in/photostream/
>
>
> Adam Sinkula
>
> Green Bay - Brown County
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