Baltamore Oriole

[buzzsaw]

Okay, its my turn.

[WCS]

Really nice Mike! That is one good looking bird.

[Dbl]

Nice, I like the pose on this one.

[mountaindew]

Dang...that's tack sharp lookin' bird!

Great shot!

[buzzsaw]

Thanks fella's. One more.... I dedicate this to the people who like to look.

[MN Shutterbug]

How's this for a comment. You spelled "baltimore" wrong. That is a nice shot, though.

[Rick]

You also spelled Baltimore wrong x-tackleman.

[MN Shutterbug]

Actually, I spelled it right, just didn't capitalize it. Technically though, it is now called Northern Oriole. The Baltimore Oriole was recently combined with the western Bullock's Oriole, as a single species.

BTW Rick, the X in X-tackleman is supposed to be capitalized.

[Dbl]

The second BIRD looks good as well. I don't become involved in spelling isues

[buzzsaw]

Dang you guys are killing me!

I hadn't heard that factoid about the Oriole name changes... now I have to go double check.

[buzzsaw]

Quote:

Actually, I spelled it right, just didn't capitalize it. Technically though, it is now called Northern Oriole. The Baltimore Oriole was recently combined with the western Bullock's Oriole, as a single species.

Okay, I had to check that statement out... are you positive about that info, X?? I called a pretty well known Naturalist/book writer and asked him about this and his quote was this "I am positive that the Baltimore Oriole is still called Baltimore Oriole".

I just want to make sure were spreading the gospel brotha.

[WCS]

Here is some info I found on the subject.

"The Baltimore Oriole hybridizes extensively with the Bullock's Oriole where their ranges overlap in the Great Plains. The two species were considered the same for a while and called the Northern Oriole, but recently, they were separated again. Molecular studies of the oriole genus indicate that the two species are not very closely related."

[MN Shutterbug]

Jeez, wish they would make up their mind. WCS, I believe you got this info from the same place I got mine. I failed to read all the way thru. My bad. Thanks for clearing it up. It was another forum where I read that they were now called Northern Orioles. Wait a year and maybe it'll revert back.

[buzzsaw]

I got my info from Stan Tekiela as well as some reading from the American Ornithologists' Union's (AOU). It does sound as though they've tried to change the name however.

As a side note, but along the same lines. In 1983, the AOU changed the Marsh Hawk to a name evocative of a white-rumped grayish hawk hovering over grassy wetlands to the "Northern Harrier".