Oriole Olive-backed

 OLIVE-BACKED ORIOLE Oriolus sagittatus

 

  I spent over half an hour watching this bird as it moved between trees around the lake in the Dr. Colin Officer Reserve. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was first attracted by what I thought were Indian Myna birds calling to each other, but found instead this solitary, male Oriole. He called constantly, his own call alternating with the calls of several other birds. I could identify the mimicked voices of mynahs and Crimson Rosellas

 

This is a very young bird. It was still being fed by adult birds and was loudly calling for its dinner.