Guide to Bird Watching
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Look
for
this bird in groves and shade trees in residential areas of towns and
suburbs.
Smaller than a robin, the male’s fiery orange and black is
easy to spot. As he
wings by, his bright colors add a flick of glory to the urban scene.
The
song
is a rich series of whistled notes. Wintering to South America, the
oriole’s
summer breeding range stretches from Nova Scotia to north Texas. This
is the
architect of the graceful pendulant nests usually seen only after the
leaves
have fallen, and the birds have gone.