I was a psychotherapist before I took early retirement, and among other things, I specialized in the group treatment of anger and violence.
So, it is with no small irony, that I present to you the untreatable Bickersons, who have moved in to the former peace and quiet of Hollerdom, turning it into a downright Hollerfest!
Man, do these birds bicker! This is one cranky lady Oriole, and she is certainly giving this guy a piece of her mind.
The guys, hang around drinking nectar, and soon they too, come to words.
When the ladies get involved, it’s hard to hear what anyone is saying with all the squawking going on!
At least they never resort to actual fighting. The hummingbirds could learn a thing or three about this, but they don’t seem open to feedback.
These birds started out so shy, but as you can see now, they are quite at home at The Holler!
Cheers to you from the beautiful, bickersome, but highly entertaining, Holler Hooded Orioles~
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Wow lady arrives and they ALL have their own comments huh? very chatty indeed! Beautiful captures 🙂
They are hilarious! The males do this head raising and bobbing ritual when several are present, that is really quite beautiful and amazing~
lol they all have their stories to tell the females huh!
I can almost hear them, your photos are so brilliantly clear. They remind me of some human families who are happy to be bickering and hollering. 🙂
That is the good thing about The Holler, the human bickerers are too far away to hear! 😉
Great pictures. They’ve luckily, not yet moved to the mountain. Air might be too thin, here.
Cracking up……
Beautiful photos of Hooded Orioles! My son and I enjoyed these…and LOL at your description of their bickering! We occasionally leave oranges out for our Baltimore Orioles but they never come for them. Sometimes a butterfly will feed on the oranges but even that is rare.
Say hi to your son and thell him that now we are having new bird species showing up that are sending me scrambling for identification! What fun~
Another batch of great photos! Love them! Hugs, N 🙂 <3
So pleased you do and hugs back to you Natalie~
what beautiful birds these are!…lucky you!
They are so indredibly gorgeous and they used to be soooo shy! 😉
It appears they are there to chat, not to eat! But isn’t life marvellous, just look at those colours their birds are wearing. How beautiful are they all.
They are just gorgeous and so much fun to watch, but I do think you are right, they seem to like the errrrr…..conversation, more than the oranges!
What glorious looking but very noisy neighbours.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
Yes, but they go to sleep promptly at 8pm so they are really ideal neighbors! 😉
Noisy critters, huh? 🙂 But, they sure are pretty ones, too. Bet, you wish for some peace and quiet with them around. Interesting that you shared that you were once a therapist. I have been working with a therapist for three weeks now after having my right knee joint replacement surgery over 3 weeks ago. I am doing well with therapy and getting my knee totally straight (to 0 degree) and a good bend now (120 degree). It is still painful at times but happy with the progress. Enjoy your retirement, Cindy.
I don’t think I am the same sort of therapist. I am a psychotherapist, but I hope your knee gets better. I’m sure the recovery is no fun, but I hear the outcome can be well worth it! I hope you heal quickly~
Thanks. I am doing much better with the right knee this time than I did with the left knee when that joint replacement surgery was done almost four years ago.
Eeeesch, so you know what to do and expect……
I was going to mention those bickering hummingbirds, but you beat me to it! They’re beautiful despite their personalities 🙂
Actually, they may bicker but they are lovely, sociable birds, They just like their arguments!
Wow, how you getting through all the bickering?
I think I need a therapist…. 😉
So much for peace and quiet getting home. HaHa
This kinda bickering I actually like though! The birdie kind~
“Hahaha! It’s a sitcom..”The Bickerson’s” Luv these birds. I’ve never seen one, but it would sure be neat to hear them bicker.
They are actually delightful birds! They do bicker, a lot, but it quiet, kinda like a rapid clicking. I just love having them here obviously, since I attract them with oranges!
Beautiful photographs of beautiful bickering birds. It must be such fun to have them around, and to photograph them.
Alison
It is SO much fun. It is like the audoban garden here at The Holler. Now I’m putting out nuts for the pileated woodpeckers who seem sad they don’t have their own feed dish. Laughing………but, it’s true!
Beautiful, if noisy, colourful birds. I was interested in seeing you put out halved oranges for them.
Interesting to hear that you worked in anger management too, Cindy.
Yes, I adore these birds and I attract them with oranges. They are notoriously shy birds, so it is really wonderful they have become so comfortable at The Holler. We all get a lot of entertainment out of watching their antics!
Delightful! ლ(¬▿¬)ლ
Your emoticons are getting better and better and more and more mysterious too……
Gracias, my friend! \(≧‿≦)/
<3
Very funny. Love the photo of the three birds nattering away.
Aren’t they hilarious. So much fun to watch them!
Beautiful shots ❤️ And love the back story to the bickering birds of the holler 😄😎
Yes, The Holler is supposed to be a bicker free zone, but tell that to the birds! 😉
Hahaha, in the second photo from the top, I can hear the female yelling to the male, “Hey! Hey!!! Look at me when I’m talking to you!” She seems as feisty as my Nikita! Good on you Cindy for spoiling all the birds in your area! Oranges! Yum! (I actually bought a bags of ice and distributed the ice into the crevices of rocks in our yard, so the birds and critters would have more water sources this summer.) 😛 <3 ~Lynn
Yep, you and I have our priorities straight! <3 <3
You make these captures look easy, Cindy, and I’m sure they’re not.
Thank you! They are actually easy, if you love birds~
I wish we could translate their banter into English!
It is so good we can’t, it would seem too much like us!;)
Great post, Cindy! Have a terrific weekend!
You too, enjoy the San Diego sunshine!
Thanks so much, Cindy! 🙂
Their body language speaks volumes !!! And aren’t they gorgeous…
Yes, to both perceptions!
There you have again made beautiful photos.
Awww, motivates me to keep on clicking! Thank you~
Beautiful captures Cindy
The subjects themselves gave me a distinct advantage but thanks much & cheers to you~
Perhaps they feel safe to bicker at the Holler because there is an expert on hand who could sort things out if needed. 😉
Laughing, that’s IT!! I knew there was some nefarious reason! 😉 😉
Such stunning birds, Cindy! In the last photo, the wings look like a cape to me, making it look even more regal. So gorgeous.
He is just remarkarble isn’t he! At first, they were so shy, they would land for a few seconds and disappear, now they are here 24/7!
Klasse Fotos. L.G. Wolfgang
Froliche Wochenende Wolfgang!
Art-therapy – the vehicle of my choice … 🙂
And many thanks for those wonderfully beautiful pictures of our flying comrades. 🙂
Yes, art therapy always works and it’s free! 🙂
What a splendid collection of images, and such beautiful birds, too.
They are beautiful, but your photos capture them in mid-screech…I can almost hear it. Lovely. ❤️
Thank you, they are so funny. Birds in flocks always remind me of certain aspects of people……
I just thought about the old comedy radio show “The Bickersons”..my folks used to talk about it..from the 1940’s.
Great photos, as usual! I love to watch when the birds around our feeder chatter and argue, too–and also the birds in our neighborhood. I have the windows open right now, and there’s quite a chorus going on. 🙂
My son said to me the other day, “What will you do if a bird flies in your open window?
This is where is sit blogging, and taking bird photos. I said, “That has never happened.”
The next day, a finch flew in the window, landed on the top of my laptop screen, with my staring in astonishment. He stayed there for a second, flew back out of the house, landed on the ground looking at me as if to ask, “Where was I? What just happened?”
Hilarious……
Oh my! Great story–and I’m glad it had a happy ending. 🙂
Liebe Cindy, beste Grüße, Klaus
Vielen dank mein Freund!
Oh Cindy, you made me laugh! I love the second picture, the one of a couple. The male’s face says it all 🙂 Funny birds! Thank you for sharing – you made my morning 🙂
It is so anthropomorphic, I can’t believe it! There is a whole series of shots of this couple. The female is just verbally tearing into him, he first looks at her, then he starts to lean away from her, once he tries to speak up for himself, provoking more fury, so eventually he just turns away. Incredibly similar to the dynamics of some human couples.
I wish we understand more of the world around us. Who know what we would learn.
Beautiful pictures! I really like the last picture. That one guy with many cute ladies surrounded how could he leave the crowd.
Honestly, being yelled at like that? I am amazed he stays! 😉 😉
Perhaps, he is extremely patient 🙂
He would have to be and I hope it is worth it! 😉
Dear Cindy, your photographs of the Orioles and the captions under these photos are priceless, I love their conversations among themselves. Truly magnificent! 🙂
Awwww, honored and grateful for your kindness Ranu!
Wonderful to see these beautiful photos on Saturday morning. These captures are incredible 🙂 Thank you, Cindy! Have a great weekend. <3
Happiest of Sundays to you dear Amy!
You should invite them on an anger management seminar and could call it “From a screaming bird to a singing bird” – great post added some wonderful captures… 🙂
Wow! What a concept. This would be an excellent strategy to spread the bird word, and then I could blog about the effective intervention and it’s glorious results!
Beautiful pictures Cindy – makes me wish I would have put my feeder out!
It isn’t too late is it? I know some migrate down to the Gulf of Mexico and Belize, but they should still be here. The Holler ones stay year round……
Where do you live if I may ask? I love the feeder with the oranges, heard about it but never tried it. How long can the oranges be outside?
I leave them for 2 days, but by the time I change them, they are completely consumed, so they aren’t really out that long. I live in a rural, un-incorporated area north east of San Diego.
Absolutely amazing photographs. Beautiful and stunning. Thank you.
Awwww, thank you more for such a lovely comment!
Cindy, I just love this post. The photographs are incredible and your narrative made me laugh. I have both Orioles and Hummingbirds in my yard and every bit of what you wrote, rings true here too. What a wonderful sense of humour you have and advanced photography skills. I know I will enjoy reading here in the future. 🙂
You really need to start publishing. You have the most gorgeous photos, Cindy. Talk to National Geographic or something. I am always blown away by the beauty of your captures.
So kind and so appreciated Linda. Thank you my friend~ <3
I love this! You made me smile ear to ear and I thank you for that! Have a great weekend – doubt there will be much peace and quiet with these jabber jaws lol.
Yay, your comment just made me smile from ear to ear! 🙂 🙂
They are just gorgeous. So jealous!!!
I just can’t believe the change in their personalities! Initially they were so afraid of people, they would land for a second and disappear. Now, six of more will hang out on the feeder arguing for ages. I love they are less afraid now….
They have acclimated, imprinted and adjusted, lucky you!
Thanks, I love them of course…..
And now, they are your gift and your treasure~
<3 <3
Great post Cindy – so funny, talk about the true definition of Hollerdom! Beautiful shots ~
Exactly! I should have called it something else I guess! 😉
Great captures Cindy! I love the bickering story 🙂
I think these guys even beat out bluejays in the verbal venting category! 😉
I’ll take that bickering any time! Hilarious ~ I’m sure you enjoy the show, Cindy. Super captures!
It is so much fun. Now other birds come and sit on the roof to observe all the action. I just ordered nuts for the wookpeckers to draw them off the roof!
Love the accompanying story to your wonderful photographs Cindy ! Great job 🙂
Awwww, much appreciated and thank you!
Wow, what beautiful birds 🙂
They are gorgeous aren’t they!