Saturday, I was in eastern Iowa, visiting with relatives. My niece had planted flower boxes on her deck, and a bird I had never seen visited one of them as we watched.
\nThe bird’s body was a mustardy gold color. It’s wings were barred in black and white, rather like a downy woodpecker’s wings. It was slightly smaller than a robin, and had a similar shape. I didn’t get a good look at it’s beak, but it seems to me that it was long and pointed, rather than the blunter beak of a cardinal or gross-beak.
\nI browsed through my bird books, and the closest thing I could find to what I saw was a female “Northern” or “Baltimore” Oriole.
\nCan my birding friends suggest any other birds I might look at that fit that description?
\nI’ve never seen a deep gold bird before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Saturday, I was in eastern Iowa, visiting with relatives. My niece had planted flower boxes on her deck, and a bird I had never seen visited one of them as we watched. The bird’s body was a mustardy gold color. … Continue reading