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Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius

Featured Image Credit: “Orchard Oriole” by Dan Pancamo is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Orchard Oriole page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

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