It became the state bird in 1947. Learn how to identify an orchard oriole ... It takes a female about seven days to weave the hanging nest for which Baltimore orioles are famous.

Female orchard orioles are a kind of washed-out yellow green. They do have prominent white bars in their wings, though, and this helps separate them from similarly colored birds. Juvenile male ...

A flash of orange-yellow was all it took for me to declare, “Bullock’s oriole!” Sure enough, once we got the binoculars on ...

You’re likely to spot striking Baltimore and orchard orioles at your backyard bird feeders this month ... back and wings with twin white wing bars. A female has a faded orange body and ...

It is when I finally see female redwing blackbirds ... which had me thumbing through the pages of my bird book to figure matters out. The male orchard oriole has a black back and head and ...

bird-friendly coffee. Orioles have one of the most beautiful songs of our backyard and garden songbirds. These songs, their bright colors (the female being more subtly colored, but just as ...

but the craft of weaving the pouch-like nests is done by the female and takes a week. Both parents feed the chicks. (Courtesy David Woten, Birds and Blooms) Orioles readily visit backyard feeders ...

No orchard orioles for us, but we have three very brightly ... The stunning rose-breasted grosbeaks are back. Our male and female birds are enjoying the sunflower on our tray feeder and in the ...

the Orchard Oriole is smaller with a more understated plumage of rich chestnut. The Audubon Society website provides a useful Native Plant Database to help attract specific species of birds such ...

Orioles have always been a bird watching favorite, even before the species became a household name thanks to America's pastime. The Baltimore Oriole is known for its striking orange plumage ...