Today’s bird

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

Family: Troupials and allies

Baltimore Oriole is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. They mainly eat insects, berries, and nectar, and are often seen sipping at hummingbird feeders.

  2. The eggs are pale gray to bluish-white, measuring 2.3 cm × 1.6 cm on average.

  3. Their favored prey is perhaps the forest tent caterpillar moth, which they typically eat in their larval stage, and can be a nuisance species if not naturally regulated by predation.

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