Date: 1/27/26 11:54 am From: Jerry Butler <jerrysharon.butler...> Subject: Scotts Oriole in Garland County
I just returned from the residence where the Scott's Oriole has been seen for three consecutive days. Their roads are very icy and I had to park the car and walk the last two hundred yards. They have not seen the bird yet today, but as I was walking back out of their neighborhood I saw it duck into a thick patch of privet and was unable to get pics.
Yesterday it showed up at their feeder five times, each time taking a bit of suet before flying away. On one of those occasions they got the better pics which I am attaching
I now understand that this bird is a Garland County and a January record. It has been documented in Arkansas only nine times, three times in Saline County.
When weather moderates (so I don't freeze my Butler off) I will revisit their home and that privet patch to see if I can relocate it and perhaps post details so others can too. I will assist the family to document its appearance for the bird records group.
