Baltimore oriole/Orchard oriole nest

It appears that my esteemed colleagues at the Birmingham News incorrectly ran the photos for today's story concerning a shared nest between Baltimore and Orchard orioles. For those News readers who follow this blog, allow me to post the images that should have accompanied the article:

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This is the adult male Baltimore oriole who appears to have usurped the role of male parent from a subadult Orchard oriole. This bird is gleaning and transporting food to dependent nestlings in the nest which wsa evidently woven by  this female Orchard oriole:

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The tale is this: a male Baltimore oriole appears to have developed parental instincts toward the younf in the nest of an Orchard oriole in Roebuck Springs, AL. The bird has shoved aside a subadult male Orchard oriole, and is capturing and delivering food regularly to the young in the nest. The female Orchard oriole is also actively involved in supporting the young, while the male Orhard oriole seems to be dominated and confused by the presence of the larger Baltimore oriole. I have been unable to find any citiations in scientific litereature about this interaction between thses species, and wonder if it is unprecedented.

The photo that did run with the published story is not particularly well-reproduced, and the photo of the male Baltimore oriole -- pretty much the reason for the story -- was sadly omitted. I thought I would use this blog space to attempt to clarify by using my original images from the scene.

Hope this helps.