It blasted past me in Halloween colors and rose to perch among the branches of a streamside tree. I smiled as its orange and black feathering revealed its identity as readily as a name tag: northern ...

A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end. In one corner: the Bullock's Oriole, found in the western half of North America. In the other corner: the ...

I’ve been worried. I’d scanned the treetops and listen for his rich sweet whistle, but our Northern oriole hadn’t come home. All winter, I’ve missed his brilliant orange and black feathers, the hues ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 2, 2017) The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is Maryland’s state bird and the namesake of its professional baseball team. The Baltimore oriole (and all American orioles ...

I suspect like most people living in these parts, I thought we had only one type of oriole around here. Always called the Baltimore oriole when I was growing up, not too many years ago some of the ...

Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world. The ranges of two orioles, the Bullock's Oriole, (of western North America), and the Baltimore Oriole (of eastern ...

In nature, there is always beauty to behold. While sitting quietly on my favorite rocking chair on the front porch, enjoying my morning coffee while listening to the singing of the robins and ...

Brown-headed cowbirds have some very strange yet interesting tendencies. So strange, they are worth mentioning. Some birders feel they should be named the “Bison Bird” for its pre-settlement role in ...

If you live in the Southwest, attract a hooded oriole to your backyard with oranges, sugar water and native nectar flowers.

Ithaca, NY--A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end. In one corner: the Bullock's Oriole, found in the western half of North America. In the other ...

A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end. In one corner: the Bullock's Oriole, found in the western half of North America. In the other corner: the ...