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Baltimore Oriole

Male:  Bright, flaming orange bird with a black head, neck and back.  Black wing with white and orange bars.  Orange tail with black streaks.  Gray bill and dark eyes.
Female:  Pale yellow-orange with gray-brown wings and white wing bars.  
Gray bill and dark eyes.
Diet:  Grape jam/jelly, hummingbird nectar, orange halves, nectar from tubular flowers and insects. 
Song:  A mixture of slow, slurred, fluty notes interspersed with faster chattering.
Nest:  Pendulous; female builds; one brood per year.
Eggs:  Four to five; bluish with brown markings.
Incubation:  Twelve to fourteen days; female incubates.
Fledging:  
Twelve to fourteen days; female and male feed young.
Notes:  Fantastic singers, Baltimore Orioles are often heard before they are seen.  They are some of the last birds to arrive in spring, and the first to leave in fall.

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