With bright yellow and jet-black feathers, highly animated and vocal behavior, the hooded oriole brings energy and life to backyard bird feeders ... to straggle back to California in late February ...

(Courtesy of Wild Birds Unlimited) For most people, the hooded oriole is the more familiar ... local nests are found almost exclusively in California fan palms, a tree native to Southern ...

There is no equally tropical-looking bird in backyard California. Oriole means golden, from Latin aureus, and this seems well-bestowed. I find “hooded” slightly imperfect. Most people expect ...

DEAR JOAN: I didn’t know we had orioles in California! Two of my dad’s tours ... Altamira, Audubon’s, hooded and the streak-backed. I’m guessing the ones you saw during your father ...

The arrival each spring of migrating hooded ... backyard bird-watchers eagerly anticipate their appearance each March. Huge sums are spent on new nectar feeders for both orioles and hummingbirds.

Kris Bay Area DEAR KRIS: I’m guessing the birds in question are California towhees ... DEAR JOAN: We have had hooded orioles raising a family at our feeders for years, but never in March.

The California bird had distinguishing features of both ... DNA would be the best way to determine the bird’s lineage, he said. Female hooded oriole, one of the several possible oriole ...

In this remarkable video, a black-hooded oriole is beautifully captured as it diligently feeds its adorable hatchlings. The tiny, wide-open beaks of the hatchlings eagerly awaiting their meal are ...