The Music of Wild Birds by Judy Pelikan

Author:Judy Pelikan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2013-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

Baltimore Oriole

The brilliancy of the Baltimore Oriole’s feathers has given him two significant names, Golden Robin and Firebird. The pendent character of his nest has added another, Hangnest.

The Baltimore Oriole is a sharp-billed, sharp-witted character, and his remarks are as incisive and crisp as the toots of a steam whistle. The following record, which I got in Campton, New Hampshire, will show that plainly:

The Oriole has a full, rich, round though somewhat metallic whistle, suggestive of the mezzo-soprano, generally reliable in pitch and percussive in effect. However, he is not without the grating, unmusical note that belongs to his family. For sometimes you hear a scolding tone issue from his bill. A bird I heard in the Arnold Arboretum introduced these harsh notes, in a very amusing fashion, in the following song:

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