Orchard Oriole
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Orchard Oriole
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This Orchard Oriole is feeding on the nectar of a flowering tree and was photographed in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
Most common in the Midwest and South is this small oriole. It favors open areas with scattered groves of trees, so human activities may have helped it in some areas, opening up the eastern woodlands and planting groves of trees on the prairies. Orchard Orioles often gather in flocks during migration. The black-throated young male, sitting alone in a treetop and singing his jumbled song, is often confusing to beginning birders.
It is a pollinator for some tropical plant species: as it feeds, its head gets dusted with pollen, which then gets transferred from flower to flower.
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January 22nd, 2017
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