Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Orioles! They are back in Bella Vista everywhere according to Bella Vista group facebook posts. As a resident of Bella Vista just under three years, I am fascinated by these beauties which I do not remember seeing until just this year. They are abundant here on my little slice of heaven on Lake Windsor, and more than 10 at a time lining up to take a turn at the feeders.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Orioles! They are back in Bella Vista everywhere according to Bella Vista group facebook posts. As a resident of Bella Vista just under three years, I am fascinated by these beauties which I do not remember seeing until just this year. They are abundant here on my little slice of heaven on Lake Windsor, and more than 10 at a time lining up to take a turn at the feeders.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Orioles! They are back in Bella Vista everywhere according to Bella Vista group facebook posts. As a resident of Bella Vista just under three years, I am fascinated by these beauties which I do not remember seeing until just this year. They are abundant here on my little slice of heaven on Lake Windsor, and more than 10 at a time lining up to take a turn at the feeders.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Female Orchard Oriole feasting on oranges left just for her.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Female Orchard Oriole feasting on oranges left just for her.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Female Orchard Oriole feasting on oranges left just for her.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Beaks down! There are nine different types of orioles that regularly visit the United States and Canada and their feeding preferences are similar. All orioles have a strong sweet tooth and prefer foods that offer nutrition, but also have a touch of sugar. Popular oriole foods include insects; mealworms, wasps, nectar, buds of flowers, bread and other kitchen scraps (as very rare treats), suet mixed with bits of fruit, berries, or peanut butter, fresh, frozen, or dried peas, grape jelly, orange marmalade, and fruits, particularly oranges, apples, peaches, berries, and bananas.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Beaks down! There are nine different types of orioles that regularly visit the United States and Canada and their feeding preferences are similar. All orioles have a strong sweet tooth and prefer foods that offer nutrition, but also have a touch of sugar. Popular oriole foods include insects; mealworms, wasps, nectar, buds of flowers, bread and other kitchen scraps (as very rare treats), suet mixed with bits of fruit, berries, or peanut butter, fresh, frozen, or dried peas, grape jelly, orange marmalade, and fruits, particularly oranges, apples, peaches, berries, and bananas.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Beaks down! There are nine different types of orioles that regularly visit the United States and Canada and their feeding preferences are similar. All orioles have a strong sweet tooth and prefer foods that offer nutrition, but also have a touch of sugar. Popular oriole foods include insects; mealworms, wasps, nectar, buds of flowers, bread and other kitchen scraps (as very rare treats), suet mixed with bits of fruit, berries, or peanut butter, fresh, frozen, or dried peas, grape jelly, orange marmalade, and fruits, particularly oranges, apples, peaches, berries, and bananas.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Sitting pretty! A Baltimore oriole views the landscape and commotion of his comrades at the feeders of grape jelly and orange halves.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Sitting pretty! A Baltimore oriole views the landscape and commotion of his comrades at the feeders of grape jelly and orange halves.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Sitting pretty! A Baltimore oriole views the landscape and commotion of his comrades at the feeders of grape jelly and orange halves.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
The nesting habit of the oriole -- the male sings to defend nesting territory. In courtship, the male faces the female and stretches upright, then bows deeply with tail spread and wings partly open. Nesting sites usually are in a tall deciduous tree, placed near the end of a slender drooping branch, usually 20-30 feet above the ground but can be 6-60 feet up or higher. Its nest (built by the female, sometimes with help from male) is a hanging pouch, with its rim firmly attached to a branch and made of tightly woven plant fibers, strips of bark, grapevines, grass, yarn, string, Spanish moss, and lined with fine grass, plant down, and hair.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
The nesting habit of the oriole -- the male sings to defend nesting territory. In courtship, the male faces the female and stretches upright, then bows deeply with tail spread and wings partly open. Nesting sites usually are in a tall deciduous tree, placed near the end of a slender drooping branch, usually 20-30 feet above the ground but can be 6-60 feet up or higher. Its nest (built by the female, sometimes with help from male) is a hanging pouch, with its rim firmly attached to a branch and made of tightly woven plant fibers, strips of bark, grapevines, grass, yarn, string, Spanish moss, and lined with fine grass, plant down, and hair.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
The nesting habit of the oriole -- the male sings to defend nesting territory. In courtship, the male faces the female and stretches upright, then bows deeply with tail spread and wings partly open. Nesting sites usually are in a tall deciduous tree, placed near the end of a slender drooping branch, usually 20-30 feet above the ground but can be 6-60 feet up or higher. Its nest (built by the female, sometimes with help from male) is a hanging pouch, with its rim firmly attached to a branch and made of tightly woven plant fibers, strips of bark, grapevines, grass, yarn, string, Spanish moss, and lined with fine grass, plant down, and hair.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Morning delight for this female oriole -- happy to have the grape jelly all to herself.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Morning delight for this female oriole -- happy to have the grape jelly all to herself.
Terri O'Byrne/Weekly Vista
Morning delight for this female oriole -- happy to have the grape jelly all to herself.
Terri OByrne
Weekly Vista
Community on 05/20/2020