I haven't seen any replies about this bird and wanted to add some thoughts. The dusky head like a hood extending down through the cheeks, the dark spots in the back, and orange in the breast all seem to indicate Baltimore Oriole. Some of these gray-bellied birds that are ALSO more yellowish looking might be intergrades if there were other characters indicating that. Nothing in this bird is clearly intermediate except a trace yellow wash in the face and an indication of black points in the median coverts, which Baltimore certainly can show. Bottom line: definitely not a Bullock's and very likely a Baltimore.
Thanks for going back and working to photograph this, Ken. Here is a short link to the last of your three photos (click right/older for the others):
http://flic.kr/p/jB2RuQ
Louis Bevier
Fairfield
On Jan 29, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Ken <kendibiccari@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have returned every day to try and get a better image of this bird to verify that is in fact a Bullock's Oriole and it definitely appears to be.
> I spent two hours today out in freezing cold and wind hoping to get a good shot of the bird and it finally appeared for less than a minute and
> I was able to get these two images of it before it flew off into the woods. You can see them on my flickr page.
> Ken DiBiccari
>
> ihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_dibiccari-nature_images/12151981134/
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