This Bullocks Oriole is not sticking his tongue out at you, or me (click to enlarge).
He is eating grape jelly. Orioles are grape jelly fiends. At The Holler, strawberry, or other fruit jellies won’t do. Only ants and wasps will eat it.
We have two types of orioles at The Holler. Hooded Orioles and Bullocks Orioles.
These are all Bullocks Oriole males.
This is a Hooded Oriole male. He is more elongated, has a larger beak, and is a brighter yellow color.
A mated male and female Bullocks Oriole pair. Bullocks Orioles males have the dramatic black eyeliner at the outside corners of their eyes and are more orange in color.
All orioles are extremely argumentative! This male Bullocks Oriole holds his own in a fierce debate against a more formidable Mocking Bird.
Cheers to you from all the quarrelsome Holler Orioles~
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They’re beautiful and feisty birds! Great photos Cindy and interesting choice for my birthday. Are you saying I’m belligerent? 😋
Laughing…. Happy Birthday Brad! Hope you have a great day & many, many more! დდ
The audaciousness of that orange/yellow, little licks of fire. Amazingly captured – beauty forever trapped. Thank you for sharing these slices of nature.
What a lyrical and poetic comment. Lovely. Thank you very much Mark & take good care დ
Cindy, how do they feel about peanut butter?? 🙂
Laughing….. I wouldn’t dare try it!!! They would never migrate if I gave them PB&J’s!! 😉 😉
How lovely!
Thanks much Marie & cheers to you! დ
Amazing photos, colourwise too! Thanks Cindy.
Thank you more for your thoughtful appreciation Ute & be well my friend დ
Such a pretty bird!
Happy you like him Ann & thanks for stopping by დ
Beautiful.
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Gigi დ
More beauty and color on the wing!
So happy you enjoyed & cheers to you my friend დ
Such vibrant colors! Gorgeous birds!
So happy you enjoyed them Lisa & thanks much for stopping by my friend დ
Such vivid colours and such sharp photos, beautiful Cindy
Awww…. Thank you very much Pauline & cheers to you and Jack დ
Such magnificently coloured birds to brighten any landscape 😊
I am happy you enjoyed them and thank you for letting me know დ
Wow! Learning while looking at your art is quite a pleasure!
Aww…. So very kind Jennie and sincerely appreciated. Thank you & cheers დ
You’re welcome!
That’s how summer looks like 🙂
Yes indeed!!! 🙂 დ
Wonderful pictures, and info!! Also, love your new website look!! Does this mean your technical issues have been resolved?! 🙂
Thanks so much Katie! My technical issues have resolved. WP’s PHP errors? Nope, I’m sorry to say დ
What gorgeous birdies — thank you for presenting them to us!
Thank you more for your kind appreciation Debbie დ
Cindy – you give us a profound insight into our tiny winged friends. Thank you.
You are so very welcome Rebecca & hope all is well with you my friend დ
Beautiful Cindy you brighten the day!
We’re even. You just brightened my day Holly! დ
Stunning photos, Cindy! I love the vivid colours of these gorgeous birds!❤️
Ahh…. So happy you do & thank you Aaysid დ
It is amazing how they maneuver around those serious sharp objects! Gorgeous photos.
Yes. Birds are super adept at using thorns to their advantage დ
They are quite resourceful!
Yes indeed.
Such a beautiful colour yellow, The sort of poor creature that used to end up on ladies hats, I bet!
Exactly so! Entire species were almost wiped out for fashion. Feathers look better on birds! Happy this is not happening anymore. Cheers to you Emmma & thanks for stopping by დ
Such gorgeous photos, Cindy! Beautifully clear and show every detail.
Honored Eugi. Thank you my friend & cheers! დ
My pleasure, Cindy!
How cute….beautiful
So happy you enjoyed & thank you Athira დ
These Orioles are beautiful birds…. Loved all of these photos Cindy… <3
So happy you enjoyed Sue & thank you for letting me know დ
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It must be so wonderful to have such beautiful birds right in your backyard.
Alison
They are the best neighbors! You and Don are in my thoughts and prayers Alison დდ
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Another gorgeous Oriole! 💛🧡
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Donna დ
I love your beautiful photos.
I love your oh so kind comment Tangie! Thank you & cheers დ
I get so darned excited every time I see an oriole and here you have a family tableau laid out before you. *happy sigh* Thank you for sharing these gorgeous images with us, Cindy.
Thank you much more for appreciating our feathered beauties Tracy & cheers my friend დ
Oh gosh how fantastic to host both Hooded and Bullocks Orioles on your property, Cindy. I thoroughly enjoyed every one of these photos, thank you.
Aww…. You make me smile my friend. Thank you! დ
How did you ever discover they like grape jelly?
I read it somewhere. They have resistance to grape jelly!!! 😉
Cool photographs.
Thanks much! დ
Cindy, your photography is amazing! I do enjoy how your capture precise moments. Thank you. ox
So very pleased you enjoyed Mary Ann & thank you! დ
My pleasure. Are you traveling now? ox
Yes. We have a packed schedule for the next year.
Nothing like advance planning. Air travel especially can be challenging. Enjoy. ox
Yes. Air travel is a big mess.
Well, how do you keep your sanity? Read, sleep, edit photos, write? I agree with you. Patience is a virtue. oxox
Smiling…. This is how I keep my sanity!! 🙂
Cindy, laughing at your remark. Sanity at my end of the pond as well. oxox
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Enjoy your day! oxox
They are wearing such happy feathers. Superb shots, Cindy. BTW, thank you for your latest comment on my post. I deleted it following an unpleasant comment.
I am so sorry you had an unpleasant comment on your post. You know you can blacklist the sender through WP right? They will never bother you again დ
Thank you, Cindy. I thought about that but will just leave things for now. K x
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Love his brilliant colors.
Isn’t he a looker! Happy you enjoyed & cheers დ
We started feeding Orioles for the first time a few weeks ago and you weren’t kidding about the jellies! We had to go buy extra feeders! So much color on your blog – love it!
That is wonderful. As the grape jelly provider, they will love you so much, they will name their children after you!!! 😉 😉
Magnificent Orioles 🤩 Stunning colours! You are so lucky to have such beautiful birds 🐦 over there, ours don’t even hint at that sort of bright plumage. Even Jamaica had fancier blackbirds than us😅 The Jamaican Blackbird is much shinier and glossing than our variety, has a fan-like tail and huge beak! And they eat lizards 🦎 😋 whole in one full unlike our tiddlers who delicately nibble on handy worms 🪱 🙄 But they are all black even if it’s a glossy Jamaican black! Not even remotely as magnificent as the amazing array of rich colours you get treated to😀
I watched a Jamaican blackbird peck the heck out of our rental car driver’s side window. He was relentless and unending. He was the opposite of Narcissus. He hated the rival he saw there!! 😉 😉
Oh that sounds 💯 right! I could just imagine that – the one I saw seemed such a feisty so and so! 🐦⬛
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Beautiful images of a magnificent species! I wish ours would keep eating jelly all summer.
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I do too! I miss them all year long დ