{"id":24792,"date":"2015-05-28T04:43:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T10:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=24792"},"modified":"2024-09-03T05:15:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T10:15:17","slug":"a-first-year-male-bullocks-oriole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/05\/28\/a-first-year-male-bullocks-oriole\/","title":{"rendered":"First year male Bullock’s Oriole"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RabbitbrushRabbitbrush and a first year male Bullock’s Oriole – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Earlier this week while photographing Western Kingbirds<\/a><\/span> I also had opportunities to photograph a first year male Bullock’s Oriole on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a>. It was fun to watch the Bullock’s Oriole follow the kingbirds around but the oriole never came as close as the kingbirds did. For the most part he was actively foraging in the grasses and bushes.<\/p>\n

\"FirstFirst year male Bullock’s Oriole perched on Sagebrush – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

But every once in a while he would perch on a shrub and look around. I wish I had been closer when I took this image but I do like the inclusion of habitat in the frame.<\/p>\n

By “first year” I mean that this immature male was hatched last year and in this species males exhibit delayed plumage maturation. He will get his adult plumage later.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Bullock’s Oriole photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week while photographing Western Kingbirds I also had opportunities to photograph a first year male Bullock’s Oriole on Antelope Island State Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,3778,1022,26],"tags":[4021,3779,1098,4060,3780,4067,3781,4062,6743,6744,4289,4057],"class_list":["post-24792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-bullocks-orioles","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-bird-photography","tag-bullocks-orioles","tag-first-year","tag-icterids","tag-icterus-bullockii","tag-immature","tag-ist-year","tag-male","tag-oriole","tag-orioles","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-sagebrush"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t