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 ...

And in these last days of March, which are also the first days of spring, many of our native birds are quite busy. The hooded orioles began appearing in Southern California backyards just a week ...

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 ...

(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 ...

In this remarkable video, a black-hooded oriole is beautifully captured as ... Berkeley's proposed new law would be among the strictest in California These Frozen Appetizers At Costco Are Better ...

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 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.