Baltimore Oriole
Male: Bright, flaming orange bird with a black head, neck and back. Black wing with white and orange bars. Orange tail with black streaks. Gray bill and dark eyes.
Female: Pale yellow-orange with gray-brown wings and white wing bars. Gray bill and dark eyes.
Diet: Grape jam/jelly, hummingbird nectar, orange halves, nectar from tubular flowers and insects.
Song: A mixture of slow, slurred, fluty notes interspersed with faster chattering.
Nest: Pendulous; female builds; one brood per year.
Eggs: Four to five; bluish with brown markings.
Incubation: Twelve to fourteen days; female incubates.
Fledging: Twelve to fourteen days; female and male feed young.
Notes: Fantastic singers, Baltimore Orioles are often heard before they are seen. They are some of the last birds to arrive in spring, and the first to leave in fall.
Male: Bright, flaming orange bird with a black head, neck and back. Black wing with white and orange bars. Orange tail with black streaks. Gray bill and dark eyes.
Female: Pale yellow-orange with gray-brown wings and white wing bars. Gray bill and dark eyes.
Diet: Grape jam/jelly, hummingbird nectar, orange halves, nectar from tubular flowers and insects.
Song: A mixture of slow, slurred, fluty notes interspersed with faster chattering.
Nest: Pendulous; female builds; one brood per year.
Eggs: Four to five; bluish with brown markings.
Incubation: Twelve to fourteen days; female incubates.
Fledging: Twelve to fourteen days; female and male feed young.
Notes: Fantastic singers, Baltimore Orioles are often heard before they are seen. They are some of the last birds to arrive in spring, and the first to leave in fall.
