Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:06:04 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Beal Subject: Re: Unusual Pair MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit << Have you ruled out the remote possibilty that your Oriole might be a Bullock's? Since it seems to return regularly, this would be an opportunity to study the bird with Bullock's in mind. The differences are admittedly subtle, but it's worth a second look. >> OF the illustrations in various references, it looks very much like the "Drab 1st year female" in the Sibley Guide. He also notes that the imm Bullocks black throat appears by Oct. Any hints you have would be appreciated. Tom Beal ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================