Don Balke: Baltimore Oriole

Artist: Don Balke
1932 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 8.875 by 8.875 inches
Overall Size: 18.125 by 18.125 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

Even in the 17th century, American colonists marveled at what is still one of the most popular birds in the United States -- the Baltimore Oriole. They called it the "fiery hang-nest." Some observers noted that the male wore the family colors of the Lords of Baltimore, the colonizers of Maryland, and named him the "Baltimore bird." The distinctive song of the Baltimore Oriole has fascinated many over the years. Ornithologist Alexander Wilson heard in its rich notes the "pleasing tranquillity of a careless ploughboy, whistling merely for his own amusement." And Henry Thoreau, always an imaginative man, heard it as "Eat it, Potter, eat it!"

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Birds and Flowers of the Meadow and Garden Collection "The Baltimore Oriole and Mornin Glory" porcelain plate.

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