Baltimore Oriole

The rich whistling song of the baltimore oriole echoing from treetops near homes and parks is a sweet herald of spring in eastern north america.
Baltimore oriole. Nearby you might spot the female weaving her remarkable hanging nest from slender fibers. The male s brilliant orange plumage blazes from high branches like a torch. It received its name from the resemblance of the male s colors to those on the coat of arms of lord baltimore observations of interbreeding between the baltimore oriole and the western bullock s oriole icterus bullockii led to both being classified as a single.
Nearby you might spot the female weaving her remarkable hanging nest from slender fibers. The official website of the baltimore orioles with the most up to date information on scores schedule stats tickets and team news. Widespread east of the great plains baltimore orioles are often very common in open woods and groves in summer.
Their bag shaped hanging nests artfully woven of plant fibers are familiar sights in the shade trees in towns. Look way up to find these singers. The baltimore oriole icterus galbula is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern north america as a migratory breeding bird.
The rich whistling song of the baltimore oriole echoing from treetops near homes and parks is a sweet herald of spring in eastern north america. One of the most brilliantly colored songbirds in the east flaming orange and black sharing the heraldic colors of the coat of arms of 17th century lord baltimore.