In order to help protect them from predators, the plumage of many birds closely matches the colors and often even the patterns of their habitats. Plovers are generally a dusty tan color to match the ground on which they nest, female ducks are commonly streaked with brown and black to help them hide in the reed beds of ponds. But then there are the male songbirds…
Bold and bright to ensure their visibility to potential mates, the males of many bird species, especially the songbirds, spend part of their year sporting the most vivid of colors that certainly don’t camouflage them in the least.
However this brilliantly orange male Baltimore Oriole, uploaded by Patty from Sheffield Village, OH, seems to have found a solution to being both brightly colored and blending in with his surroundings at the same time.
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