Friday’s Feathered Friends-Bullock’s Oriole

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We had friends from out of state come for a visit last week so I’m a bit behind with your posts, but I am beginning to get caught up. While showing our friends around the area we did a little birding and I spotted a pair of Bullock Orioles.

Here’s the Male.

Bullock’s Oriole, Male

Here’s his mate. I spied her first.

Bullock’s Oriole, Female

They love the new seeds on/in Cottonwood trees. They’re here for the breeding season. Below are some fun facts gleans as always from allaboutbirds.org.

  • Bullock’s Orioles often take nectar from flowers, and they will sometimes raid hummingbird feeders for their sugar water.
  • Both male and female Bullock’s Orioles sing—the male more sweetly, the female often more prolifically.
  • In the Great Plains, where their ranges overlap, Bullock’s and Baltimore Orioles frequently hybridize. The two species were lumped together for a while as the Northern Oriole. Genetic research has since determined, however, that they are not very closely related.
  • The Bullock’s Oriole was described and named by William Swainson in 1827, drawing on material collected by English father-and-son naturalists William and William Bullock in Mexico.
  • Bullock’s Oriole pairs may nest outside the territory where the male advertises.
  • The oldest recorded Bullock’s Oriole was a male, and at least 8 years, 11 months old when he was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Colorado in May 2007.

I hope you all have a lovely week-end, and June has started off on the right note for you.

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56 thoughts on “Friday’s Feathered Friends-Bullock’s Oriole”

    1. Ooh, I’ve only been to Marilyn once and it was just a quick overnight trip, but it was pretty where we were. I wish I’d seen the Baltimore Oriole then, but didn’t.
      Thank you so much, Paul! I hope you’re having a good weekend.

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    1. Yes! Such wonderful vibrant colors after a dreary gray winter!! I love that thought!
      Their nests are interesting. I heard they don’t reuse the same nest year and year. Have you heard the same? Seem a shame to have those nests empty.

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  8. I’ve never heard of a Bullocks’ oriole, and I’ve only once seen a Baltimore oriole. I’ve read that both migrate through the Galveston area, but it really is a matter of needing to be in the right place at the right time. Your photos are glorious — look at those colors!

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    1. They’ re so beautiful aren’t they. They’re only a few birds of vibrant colors we get here in the west and they’re only here for the breeding season.
      I’d love to see the Baltimore Oriole too! You speaking only seeing a bird once. I’ve only seen the Northern Cardinal once, just last year. That was exciting!

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