Tag Archives: Hooded Oriole

Exterior Decorating for the Birds

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Bob

We get plenty of advice when it comes to interior decorating, but fewer suggestions when our yards are involved. More often than not, those limited ideas seldom consider all the creatures we share our outdoor living space with, especially birds. … Continue reading →

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SaddleBrooke’s Spring Switch in Lineup of Birds

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Bob

Baseball spring training tests player skill, compatibility, interaction and adaptability, ultimately producing a lineup that hopefully succeeds until fall.  Similarly, Mother Nature has been managing the spring lineup of birds for eons, long before Abner Doubleday (or whoever) dreamed up … Continue reading →

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Gray Head, the Hooded Oriole Who Wouldn’t Go Home

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Bob

  With the exception of the Baltimore Oriole, some of whom winter in Florida and coastal areas of the southeast, orioles are a spring and summer phenomenon in the U.S.  Of the five oriole species that regularly nest and breed … Continue reading →

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Birds Do It: a Short Guide to the Sex Life of Birds

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Bob

Most of us can quote the most memorable lyrics from Cole Porter’s song, Let’s Fall in Love:  ‘Birds do it, Bees do it.  Even educated fleas do it.’  I’m not sure about the fleas, educated or not, but now that … Continue reading →

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Wild Bird Pets and Birds as Threats to Pets

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Bob

This month we’re looking at two aspects of birds and pets:  can the wild birds of your yard become familiar enough to be considered ‘pets’, and are any of your real pets, dogs and cats, at risk around SaddleBrooke’s wild … Continue reading →

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