Mass Audubon Oriole Project 2008

Photo by Deb Melahn

Our 4th Season!
Those of you who have reported Baltimore Orioles to us in the past three years, we need you to update us on the birds you have reported before and to go out and find some additional orioles. Both the new data and the repeat reports are critical in assessing the status of our oriole population. And if you haven't yet reported "your" orioles, please join us! You can send us your reports online or download a datacard (PDF 54 KB).

Going High Tech - Oriole Locator
We have made it much easier for you to send us your oriole reports. Now you only have to sign in once and our new mapping tool lets you can enter as many oriole sightings as you want without signing in again. And you can pinpoint the exact locality or your oriole for us without having to give an address or written description.

Hello Western Mass!
Our maps now indicate that orioles thin out seriously as one travels west of Worcester County and that many towns from the Connecticut River valley west are totally lacking in these magnificent birds. But we know this isn't true. What are really lacking out West is oriole spotters. We now have reports from 80% of the towns in the Commonwealth and we'd love to make it 100% in 2008. To see if your town (or a nearby town) is a blank on our maps, see our list of the towns with no oriole records.

Refine Your Search
Try searching a specific locality such as a cemetery or golf course and sending us the location of each nest or likely nesting area you find. Note how much area you searched in the comments section. If you find no nests during your search we want to know this as well. Negative data is just as valuable (though not quite as much fun) as actually finding orioles.

What are we learning about Orioles?
A lot. To find out more, check out Is This Bird in Trouble?

Don't Forget to Write
We love getting your messages sharing oriole anecdotes and notes on oriole behavior. Please keep them coming. Send pictures too. We'll put a selection up here at the end of the season. Send your stories to our Oriole Project Coordinator.

Thank you for helping us with Oriole Project 2008!