Friday, May 25, 2012

Golden Oriole





Bumped into this Golden Oriole on the Lincs coast today but as usual with the species in hot weather and patches of elder and buckthorn it was always tricky to see -- the essential reference for ageing and sexing these is linked below; to me it looks to fit 2cy male best with the usual caveats

http://www.ibercajalav.net/img/400_GoldenOrioleOoriolus.pdf

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