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Northern Oriole (OR-ee-OHL) Icterus galbula Family: Icteridae (Blackbirds & Orioles)  |
Description: Males have a black hood, brilliant orange body. Females are olive green/brown above with dull orange/yellow chest. Eucalyptus trees are a favorite hangout. Orange slices will attract them. Nesting: The nest is a hammock of deep hanging pouches of woven plant fiber, hair, string, moss, lined with wool and grass built high in tree branches. The hammock can swing in the wind, but the young birds won't fall out. By hanging their swinging cradle at the end of a branch, cats, snakes and other predators cannot reach them.
Range: (May - September) The Northern Oriole winters in Central and northern South America and rarely in parts of the Caribbean and southeastern United States. In winter, it uses semi-open forest canopy, shrubby vegetation along edges, second growth, and both cocoa and coffee plantations. In Costa Rica, it is often seen in foraging flocks where it associates with the White-lined Tanager and Lesser Greenlet. Populations have been stable during 1966-1995.
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Size: 5 inches Diet: Insects (insectivorous), especially gypsy moths, caterpillar, beetles and weevils. Habitat: Wet habitats, open woodlands, orchards. Breeding Song: "sweet,sweet, sweet,sweet, sweeter,sweeter" Call: "witchitee-witchitee-witchitee-widgit" |
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