Orioles

Great News: Our first Hooded Oriole of the season arrived on 3/15/24!

Oh! Things to Know About Orioles

One of North America’s most popular fruit-eating birds is the oriole. Orioles enjoy insects, nectar, and fruit. They usually stay hidden in the trees eating and singing their beautiful whistling notes. 

Orioles can be drawn down from their perches with foods like orange slices, grape jelly, mealworms and nectar feeders. Be patient and keep the foods fresh, replacing them every few days and be sure to keep your feeders clean, too.

Oriole Fun Facts

  • When not feeding on nectar, orioles seek out caterpillars, fruits, insects, and spiders.
  • The Oriole nest is an engineering masterpiece. They weave a hanging-basket nest with plant fibers, grasses, vine and tree bark and sometimes string or yarn placed out on the small twigs of a branch 6-45 feet in the air. This keeps them safe from most predators.
  • The female Oriole is the primary nest weaver, but Bullock's females may get some help from her mate in both the weaving and collection of nest material. It takes as many as 12 days for an Oriole to weave its nest.
  • Only the female incubates and broods, both feed the young.
  • Orioles are found across North America in the summer. Some species winter in the tropics and others in Mexico.
  • Most Bullock’s Orioles spend their winters in central and southern Mexico, with a few staying along the coast of southern California.

 


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