Female orioles do indeed sing. Recent studies have shown that in some
(tropical) oriole species females actually sing more frequently than
males.

Frode Jacobsen
Windsor Mill, Md 21244



> The number I heard from the woman in the nature center was about 20,000
> total, with about 4-5,000 at Mispillion during Thursday's flyover count.
>
> Closer to home, I heard a yellow-green Orchard Oriole singing the other
> day,
> but it lacked the black bib my field guide says is characteristic of
> first-spring males. Do female orioles sing?
>
> Pat Valdata
> Elkton. MD
>
>