#oriole

[mushbeast]

baltimore oriole with their favourite snack

[wizardhecker]

phew! Birduary set 1 finished. All the blackbirds and corvids of virginia!

[ostdrossel]

The Oriole returned today, and I also heard one sing in the trees 🧡 Then there was also the first Rosebreasted Grosbeak here today, and yesterday also the first hummingbird. Huge groups of birds are migrating right now, so every day may give you new surprises. I am having a very hard time staying at the desk for work when the outside is waking up and calling me.

[herpsandbirds]

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), male with juvenile, family Icteridae, order Passeriformes, Eastern U.S.

photograph by Sandra Rothenberg

[thomas--bombadil]

Every time I see an oriole, I gasp a bit before I raise my camera.

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Orchard Oriole Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, Top of Granite Prospect

[geopsych]

Baltimore oriole and his hanging nest in a blooming oak tree, April of last year.

[tinylongwing]

The last of the Nature: Flight cards, this is the brood parasite! An Asian Koel chick growing up within a Eurasian Golden Oriole nest.

Asian Koels are obligate brood parasites, meaning that instead of making their own nest, they lay their eggs in other birds' nests. This is a complex and brilliant reproductive strategy - the mother koel needs to find a suitable host species that will raise her young so they grow up safe and strong. By spreading out her eggs in multiple baskets, if tragedy strikes one of her kids, hopefully the others will fare better!