Everywhere you look, you will see pops of bright yellow frantically bouncing around the yard. The Orioles are back in full force this Spring! We get several different Oriole varieties in Todd’s Backyard. All slightly different, however they share the same shrill chatter, as shocking as their brilliant hue!
Their chatter reaches all time highs when they are playing their high-stakes game, we like to call, Who-Can-Get-The ‘Oriole Glory Hole’!
In this game, there are 2 prizes!
1st, their ‘watering hole’. They constantly fight over position on the hummingbird feeders to quench their appetite for their favorite sugary treat! Not only are they competing amongst themselves (or similar versions of themselves), but they have to fend off the ferocious little hummers!
And the 2nd prize….or maybe this is the 1st prize…
The female ‘Glory Hole’ if you will….eeehhhhem.
Anyway, the Oriole fun and games, be it a bit noisy, are always fun to watch! You can’t help but be a little excited when these spectacular specimens of fine feathered fellows come back to Todd’s Backyard every spring.
Here they will stay until fall in all their ‘Glory’!
This is a Scotts Oriole.
And below is a Bullocks Oriole.
The Hooded Oriole
Oriole, Oriole, sprightly fellow. Flitter about all brightly yellow. Have your fun, but don’t harsh my mellow!!!
