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Icterus wagleri
Photos of a nest with nestlings, and the attending pair. Two adults were attending the nest with insects for the well-grown nestlings, and one photo of each is included here. Male and female are similar (identifical) and I don't know which was which. They are perched on an exotic cedar or evergreen of some type, growing next to a cabin, and the nest was hanging under the eaves of the cabin, attached to an outdoor lightbulb and some electrical wires.
Pine-oak forest ecosystem, but in a clearing with some cabins and gardens with exotic trees, shrubs, and flowers.
At the Cabot biological research station at the entrance to the Uyuca Biological Reserve, owned and managed by Zamorano University.
Spotted on Aug 7, 2016
Submitted on Aug 7, 2016
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In Mexico and Central America, this large oriole lives mostly in dry forest or semi-open woods of the foothills and lower mountain slopes. It has wandered north into Texas and Arizona on only a few occasions, but some of these strays have remained for months.
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/...