I had hoped to have something more positive to report, but alas we appear to have had a 5-minute wonder in our yard today, a male Bullock's Oriole. We have had many birds in our yard the past couple of days in particular, mostly juncos (more than 150 yesterday, smaller numbers today), but also Song and White-throated sparrows and a Fox Sparrow. This morning, Liz called me to quickly come check out an oriole in our yard, and lo and behold there was a male Bullock's first in a shrub, then under our feeder with the juncos...for all of about 45 seconds. In haste I grabbed my camera and clicked a few images. One of them is embedded in the ebird report linked here:
I was hoping for a second visit by the bird to confirm it might be a possibility for folks to see, but unfortunately no joy there for the rest of the day...it appears to have given us a quick look and moved on (I guess if I were a Northern Lapwing or any oriole, I'd be heading south ASAP too). If it does reappear tomorrow or in the coming days, I will re-post about it.
There are definitely some weird birds floating around the state and the Northeast. Keep your eyes peeled.
Good birding!
Jan
Jan Pierson
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