Baltimore Oriole (WooHoo!)
Not long after seeing the Red-headed Woodpecker in my last post, I saw a flash of flaming orange flying at the top of the trees, disappearing again behind another set the leaves. Could it be? Finally?
For sure, the challenge was on to capture this bird I’ve seen numerous times but has eluded my lens (and list) for years.
Yes! Welcome to my photographed bird lifer list #207 Baltimore Oriole!
Baltimore Oriole (male)
It actually took me until late yesterday to finally capture worthy photos of this handsome male.
Baltimore Oriole (male)
I’ve not sighted the female, although I’ve heard her. I believe she’s incubating on a nest hidden in a couple trees I’ve been eyeing.
Baltimore Oriole (male)
WooHoo! Please join me in a ‘happy dance’! 💃 💃 💃
Photos by Donna 
Nice Donna! Beautiful bird to see & photograph! Congrats on 207!
Thank you, Reed! It took some patience, but I had a fun time getting these! 😊
That’s awesome! I saw some at my feeder too, happy dance!🤗
Thank you much, Tanya! 🤗 😊
You take some absolutely marvellous photos of birds and wildlife.
Thank you very much, Sheree! I love and enjoy my hobby very much. 😊
You can tell!
Awwww….you are so kind, Sheree!
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Congratulations Donna – well captured. We are supposed to have (what we call) Golden Orioles (Oriolus oriolus) around here and I keep thinking I’ve seen a flash of something ‘yellow’, but I’ve never been sure I’ve even seen one, let alone pointed a camera at one. (They could have been Green Woodpeckers for all I know!)
Thank you, Mike! A flash of bright yellow or orange certainly gets our attention. 🙂
What a gorgeous bird…you are a great birder, Donna!!
Thank you so kindly, Indira!!
Donna, these are beautiful! Lucky you. I have yet to see one, or at least knowingly see one.
Thank you, Susan! I’ve been seeing them for years, but I either didn’t have my camera or didn’t react fast enough with it. I finally did get lucky!! 🙂
Happy Dance for sure! Great photos and the one in flight is awesome!! hugs
Thank you much, Beth! hugs!
Congrats! I enjoy your photos.
Thank you very much!
That’s fantastic! Wonderful photos! I hope I will be lucky like you one day.
Thank you so much, I’m still dancing! Fingers crossed, it’s your turn!
Wonderful sighting and images, Donna! I’m doing my happy dance for you! They’re so handsome!
Thank you very much, Deborah! I’m still so tickled, it’s a big “woo-hoo finally” for me! 😉
Way to go, Donna, and what a beauty!
Thank you, Ellen, I’m still on cloud nine with this one!
I am happy for you, and hoping for my first image of one this season. Haven ‘t seen one in years but there are a lot of them here now. You really did capture some fine images!
Thank you, Jane! Fingers crossed you cross paths with several this season! 🙂
Wow!! Beautiful birds and great captures. Thanks, Donna.
Thank you, Isabel!!
Happy Dance! 💃🕺💥🤸♂️🤸♀️🎉
Love that wing shot.
Thank you for dancing with me, Vic! I’m still tickled ‘orange’! 😉 Oh, and that wing shot was a super bonus for me, YAY!!
Heh. Love it!
Congratulations! Your # 207 lifer. Nice shots, Donna. 🙂 👍
Thank you very much, HJ! 😊
Yay! So happy you’re happy. They are such lovely birds. Beautiful captures. Congratulations!
Thank you very much, Lisa!!
Great pictures. I did virtual dancing for you as my dancing days are done.
Thank you, Tom, I appreciate your virtual dancing! 😊
Congratulations Donna!
I thought the Baltimore Oriole was just the name of a US baseball team 😀
Very glad to see the real bird through your photos.
Thank you, Takami! I had to giggle! I’ll add to the funny that I’ve lived in Maryland and now northwest of Baltimore Maryland, and it’s taken me years to finally capture this local bird, our team’s mascot, with my camera. 😉
Congrats Donna! What a beautiful bird!! 🧡😊
Thank you much, Patty Anne!
Congrats, Donna! They are certainly one of America’s prettiest birds.
Thank you much, Eliza!
So happy for you! I know the feeling🙂 It is funny I saw one last week hanging on our hummingbird feeder. But then my neighbour told me they don’t stay in our neighbourhood, I wonder where they go, they just migrate maybe..
Way to go, Donna!!
Thank you much, Christie! Keep your eye out, hopefully one stays a while! 🙂
What a beautiful bird Donna, your photos do its contrasting colors great justice. The colors remind me of our Regent Bowerbird, quite stunning in the sunlight, beautiful in flight. I especially loved your flight shot. 🙂
Thank you, Ashley! The flash seen when they fly is so beautiful, I was super happy with the bonus flight shot. 😊
Always exciting! I particularly like the bird in flight shot.
Thank you, Belinda, I’m still thrilled!
With birds patience is needed! Nice shot, Congrats 👍😊
Thank you much, Minna! Birds have definitely had an influence on slowing me down in life with patience! 😊
I have had the same effect 🙂
Congrats Donna! What a striking bird, you couldn’t miss seeing it!
Thank you much, Sue!
Woo boo indeed. Just gorgeous, Donna. Thank you.
Thank you, Imorgana!
Sorry! Woo hoo! 😁
No biggie, I knew what you meant! 😉 I’ve finger-slipped too many times myself, lol.
Wanted you to know that I thought of you this morning as I was exploring a trail that I had never been on before. A hawk kept swooping down closer than I have seen one before. Tried to get a shot but I failed miserably. Found myself wishing you were there because you would have probably succeeded and I could have learned from you. 😉
Awwww….so kind to think of me! Hawks are so swift! Best thing is to keep practicing to build your speed to the bird’s speed. Heck, I’m still practicing. 😊 I’m sending Indiana positive vibes your way! We’re now in Ft Wayne and will have some down time in next few weeks with RV be worked on. I mentioned to hubby maybe we could go to Indiana Dunes NP for the day. He’s always game when water is around. 🙂
That would be great if you can make it to the IDNP. It would be fun to meet up with you if it works with your time. 😊
Most definitely! 😊
Yay! Look forward to it.
I have never seen this bird in person. Your photography honors the great state of Maryland.
Thank you! I still laugh at myself that it took me years and several states away from our home state to finally capture a shot of this bird. 😉
Congrats on #207. What a great catch!
Thank you much, Gunta! 💃 😊