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| Adult
male
bringing food item, an unidentified larva, to chicks in a
Cambridgeshire nest. |
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A
second-year female at the same
nest. Note the strong streaking still present on the whitish
breast, and a definite greenish tinge to the yellow. |
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Female
again at same nest. Note the red binder twine, wool and plastic
used in constructing the nest. The binder twine strengthens
the nest, while the other materials appear to be purely for
decoration. |
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| This
female is estimated to be about
four years old, having lost most of her streaking on the breast.
All three young successfully fledged from this Norfolk nest. |
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A
study of the male at the same
nest showing the gapes of the young just visible over the
rim of the nest. The nest is very deep, so that even the severest
movement caused by strong winds will not put the contents
of the nest at risk. |
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Both
parents at the the nest. Oriole nests are, on average, between
12 and 25 metres high in poplars.
All the oriole nests in this series were photographed from
a hide mounted on the end of a 'cherry picker' hoisted on
a lorry. |
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| Young
in nest flexing wing 1-2 days before fledging. Note the hammock
style nest slung in the fork of a twig |
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A
newly fledged young, one of three that fledged from a Cambridgeshire
nest. |
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A bird of known age, this second-year
male still has slight tinge of green on the mantle.
It was an uattached bird which occasionally visited a nest
in the same Cambridgeshire wood, but took no part in the rearing
of the young. |
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An
11+ year old male
at the nest. This bird was ringed at Gibraltar Point (Lincolnshire)
in 1986, and was photographed breeding in Cambridgeshire in
1997! |
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Despite its bright yellow appearance, this is in fact a female.
Females become increasingly bright with each season. She was
photographed taking food to her young at a Norfolk nest. |
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