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[goofy166]

Hooded Oriole

[creaturebeasts]

San Diego.  At the end of July, I heard a new bird song, then spotted a new bird. Later research on this site revealed conclusively that it was a Hooded Oriole, inasmuch as there weren't any other candidates that looked anywhere close.  The call also matched.

LOOPY BEHAVIOUR 

<>I saw it enter a bush that vertically covers a wall, to a depth of about a foot.  It was exploring this bush, making its way from branch to branch inside, as opposed to exit-enter, exit-enter.  I've never seen a bird travel through a bush like this.

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<>A couple of days later I spotted it again.  This time investigating my roommate's hemmingbird feeder.  As I watched, he flew round to each flower aperture and attempted to jam his beak in.  There are 6 of these flower apertures on the device, and he tried each one.

<><>I can only attribute such thoroughness to starvation.  He may have learnt about other types of feeders providing seed.  I doubt the red juice would do him any good even if he managed to get some.  I was on my way out to the lawn to lay down some crusts in the usual spot, but I don't suppose he stayed to observe that.

 

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[dklucius]

i have the bullocks orioles here that nest every year. I drilled out the holes in my hummingbird feeders so the orioles could feed off them. I also hanve a small platform with a plastic lid on it about 1/2 inch deep i fill with fresh orange juice for them and they love fruit  plums cherrys and apricots that i put in with the juice

[dklucius]

oh also people around here either cut an orange in half for the orioles to peck on or hang orange slices from strings for them

[Photgog]

Hooded Oriole