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Here's Tom pointing out a Baltimore Oriole up in a huge Burr Oak tree.
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There was a bit of commotion up in the tree as a female oriole was chasing off an intruder.
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We didn't spot a nest, but we assumed that's what all the commotion was about. This is a lovely old oak that is a remnant of days gone by before urbanization and human intrusion into this prairie habitat.
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We saw or heard 27 species in the two hours we were out - that's without covering much territory. Red-winged blackbirds dominate this part of the metro park.
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Tree swallows are everywhere, also. This is a male. It's too bad the angle of the sun isn't showing all of its beautiful irridescence.
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This is the female at the opening of one of the purple martin's nests. No purple martins, here, though.
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