" BALTIMORE ORIOLE & PLUM BLOSSOMS "
Robert Bateman

" I can't explain it, but this is the first major Baltimore oriole I have painted since I did a
little painting of birds in our backyard at the age of 14. Come to think of it, there are
many colorful, well-known birds I have not painted. In the case of this oriole, it is about
time. Its cheerful, flute-like chirps are one of my many joyous memories of a childhood
in nature.

Upon hearing the bird, my eyes would usually go up to the branches of a tall, spreading elm.
I would be looking for the deep, woven cup of a nest. Now the elms are virtually
extinct due to Dutch elm disease, but the orioles are thankfully still doing fine."
Robert Bateman

- Baltimore Oriole and Plum Blossoms -

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