Tag: orioles

Birding

Oh, the Orioles!

February 3, 2023 by Paul Lewis No Comments

Recently, I wrote about my many and fortunate interactions with biologist friends in 2021. I mentioned taking an ornithologist friend to the nearby property...

Birding, Food, Reviews

Casa Ferreirinha ‘Papa Figos’ Vinho Tinto (2017)

June 18, 2021 by Tristan Lowery 2 Comments

Whether they hail from the New World or the Old, orioles are undoubtedly fond of fruit. Of the thirty or so members of the...

Birding

The Once and Future Oriole

July 4, 2014 by Carrie 1 Comment

I can’t possibly remember when the Baltimore and Bullock’s Orioles were lumped into Northern Oriole. This happened in a good five years before I...

Birds

New Faces at the Olde Homestead

May 23, 2014 by Carrie 1 Comment

When they say that you can’t go home again, the proverbial They are usually talking about the fact that people change. Maybe you’ve changed;...

Birding

Goldfinches Coming, Orioles Leaving

August 21, 2013 by Birdchick No Comments

This is such a weird time of year at bird feeders. Most birds have finished up raising young, but a few are in the...

Birds

The Oriolest Oriole

April 30, 2013 by Nate 7 Comments

Icterus is a wide-ranging neotropical genus consisting of the technicolor blackbirds we call orioles. The two dozen species are, nearly to an individual, long...

Birds

Both Beautiful and Exotic, the Spot-breasted Oriole

September 20, 2012 by Carlos 12 Comments

The brilliant orange coloration and rich, haunting song of the Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis) makes this species one of my favorite permanent residents in...

Birding