Altamira Oriole #2
by Jurgen Lorenzen
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Altamira Oriole #2
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) is checking Kniphofia plants for nectar in a garden in Chapeno, Texas.
The brilliant Altamira Oriole is a tropical species with a tiny portion of its range reaching Texasβs Rio Grande Valley. Adults are flame-orange and black, with white highlights in the wings and a distinctive orange patch at the shoulder. In open woodlands, females find a high branch and then weave a remarkable hanging nest that can be up to 26 inches long. Like other orioles, they sing rich, sweet whistles interspersed with percussive clucks and chatters.
Thee Kniphofia plant, also called tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily, knofflers or poker plant, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae.
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January 13th, 2020
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Pali S
Amazing ..goregous...beautiful...what can one say for this lovely picture...how do you manage to get such beautiful subjects and moments...simply blessed
Dawn Currie
Beautiful - Thank you for submitting this fine image of this identified wild bird. It is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the 2020 Thanks and Features Archive discussion for additional visibility.
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