Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - Scott's Oriole Encounter-First for Iowa

The Scott's Oriole, a bird of the southwest, showed up in Iowa this week and became the first seen in Iowa. The bird was first found April 7 at a feeder in Emmet Co by Mary, a regular bird-feeder watcher. After hearing about the sighting of the bird I started to get exited and really wanted to go see this rare bird. The next day I got permission to go to see the bird from Mary, and I headed up with Paul and Jerry (two birding friends) to see it the bird. We headed up to see the bird immediately and hurried there as quickly as possible, to get there before it got to dark. When we got there, it didn't take long to find the bird. He was at the feeder, but when we pulled up he flew off, giving us an unfulfilling look. Later the bird showed up at the feeder and posed for some pictures. He came to the feeder a few times, never straying far from the feeder when he left. Below is the picture I took of The Scott's Oriole, a new life bird for me.