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blondebanshee

(353 posts)
Mon Oct 23, 2023, 06:39 PM Oct 2023

Ten oriole chicks recently hatched at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

and we need your help naming them!

The Zoo is partnering with the Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, to name the hatchlings, which represent two different species of oriole: the Baltimore oriole and the orchard oriole. After the public decides on the names of the seven orchard oriole chicks, the Zoo will reveal the winning names as well as the names the Governor has chosen for the three Baltimore oriole chicks.

Hatched at the Zoo’s newly reopened Bird House, these oriole chicks represent a major conservation win. This marks the first time orchard orioles have ever successfully bred in human care.

[link:https://nationalzoo.si.edu/oriolevote|

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Ten oriole chicks recently hatched at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (Original Post) blondebanshee Oct 2023 OP
I'd humbly suggest four: calimary Oct 2023 #1
WOW! elleng Oct 2023 #2
We don't get to propose names, just choose MadLinguist Oct 2023 #3
What? No Ripken? jls4561 Oct 2023 #4

MadLinguist

(790 posts)
3. We don't get to propose names, just choose
Mon Oct 23, 2023, 06:52 PM
Oct 2023

Last edited Mon Oct 23, 2023, 08:17 PM - Edit history (1)

among those provided. I was ready with my list
Ozymandias
Ophelia
Ondine
Omar
Oscar
Orion
Olivia
Oliver
Owen
Octavia

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