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Baltimore Oriole
JoeGBirder

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

This juvenile Baltimore Oriole was going to my feeder and went and sat in this tree. I managed to get a good shot of it because it was right outside my bedroom window.
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Habitat
Wooded Area
Location
New York
Date taken
6/4/21
Scientific name
Icterus galbula
Equipment used
Nikon Camera
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sbarnhardt
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Thank you for sharing this excellent image.

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JoeGBirder
sbarnhardt said:
Thank you for sharing this excellent image.

By the way

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Try to not use abbreviations for states and/or other political subdivisions. While they may be familiar to you, the BF/Opus audience is worldwide and it may not be familiar to someone in another locale.

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okay, sorry i didn't realize. by abbreviation, do you mean changing the date to the textual version?
 
sbarnhardt
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WoodpeckerMaster said:
okay, sorry i didn't realize. by abbreviation, do you mean changing the date to the textual version?
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No, what I meant is abbreviations for states and/or cities.

I see you are from New York. So, as I'm sure you're used to doing, you likely put NY and/or NYC. Now, you and I being from the US, know that NY means New York, but it could also mean New York as in the state or New York City.

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JoeGBirder
sbarnhardt said:
No, what I meant is abbreviations for states and/or cities.

I see you are from New York. So, as I'm sure you're used to doing, you likely put NY and/or NYC. Now, you and I being from the US, know that NY means New York, but it could also mean New York as in the state or New York City.

But BF/Opus has members and visitors from all over the world, literally. So, if a member from, say, Greece or Malaysia should happen to read something with NY in it, they likely will not know what it is referring to.

So, to guard against the confusion or outright "not knowing," we encourage people to spell out state names and city names. The same with using, say, NP for National Park or WR for Wildlife Reserve. That sort of thing. Try to spell things out to help guard against the confusion.

Does that answer your question?
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right, because of the annoying stereotype that living in new york means living in new york city. Well, I'll remember that next time.
 
sbarnhardt
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WoodpeckerMaster said:
right, because of the annoying stereotype that living in new york means living in new york city. Well, I'll remember that next time.
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I understand the stereotype. My wife is a Jersey girl, but "South" Jersey/Ocean County as opposed to the Newark/Northeast Jersey everybody thinks of.
 

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