Susan Newman and I just spent a few minutes watching the young male Orchard Oriole with Mark Chao at Sapsucker Woods. The bird was singing constantly, spending most of his time in the trees in the gravel parking area at Kip's Barn (on the east side of the building). Several times, he flew north across Sapsucker Woods Road to the flowering Black Locusts on the hill just across the road from the barn. It was interesting to note that the bird was singing in flight as well, something I've never noticed in previous encounters with this species. Mark also noticed that the bird is starting to show streaks of the chestnut-brown on his breast that will be more extensive as a full adult.
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