Baltimore Oriole
Photographed in the wild Etobicoke ON Canada May 2018
Baltimore
Orioles
also belong to the same family as Blackbirds.
The orioles of the Americas were named after similar-looking birds in
the Old World, but the two groups are not closely related. Orioles of the Old
World are in the family Oriolidae, whereas American orioles are in the same
family as blackbirds and meadowlarks. Both New and Old World orioles are
brightly colored with yellow, and black; have long tails and long pointed
bills; build hanging, woven nests; and prefer tall trees around open areas.
Unlike robins and many other
fruit-eating birds, Baltimore Orioles seem to prefer only ripe, dark-colored
fruit. Orioles seek out the darkest mulberries, the reddest cherries, and the
deepest-purple grapes, and will ignore green grapes and yellow cherries even if
they are ripe. Hang slice oranges from a tree and they will come to feed
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