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Sub-editing the Baltimore Oriole

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SashaQ - happysad

Hi DG

I'm your Sub-editor for The Baltimore Oriole: Bright Aristocrat of the Bushes. The new version is A87995227 - please subscribe!

I enjoyed reading this again smiley - biggrin

The only thing I was a bit worried by was the paragraph about the hybridisation - I wonder if it needs unpacking a bit more. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/analysis-hybrid-birds-are-supercolliders-of-speciation/ Can you say something about what a Bullock's Oriole is and why it was considered to be the same species as the Baltimore Oriole?

Thank you smiley - ok


Sub-editing the Baltimore Oriole

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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

How about:

Baltimore orioles have a black head and white wingbars. Bullock's oriole has an orange head with a black line across its eye that looks like it was put there by an expert make-up artists. Bullock's oriole also has a larger white patch on its wings. See this image to compare.


Sub-editing the Baltimore Oriole

Post 3

SashaQ - happysad

Excellent - thank you very much smiley - ok That's exactly what was needed - love the bit about the make-up artist smiley - laugh

I hope everything is OK for you, but let me know if there is anything you'd like to change before I send the Entry to the next stage smiley - ok


Sub-editing the Baltimore Oriole

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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Looks fine to me. smiley - ok


Sub-editing the Baltimore Oriole

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SashaQ - happysad

smiley - ok


Sub-editing the Baltimore Oriole

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h2g2 Guide Editors

Congratulations! Your Entry is on the Front Page today smiley - magic


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Thanks! smiley - ok


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