Nature has a way of following predictable schedules, and that means one of San Diego’s most colorful and entertaining backyard bird visitors will soon be arriving. With bright yellow and jet ...

Residents who want to attract the birds can do so easily by offering several types of oriole feeders available at local bird supply outlets. Most popular are nectar feeders, because they will ...

By the 1920s hooded orioles were common summer birds as far north and west as Santa Barbara. As the Pacific Coast suburbanized, people continued to plant palms and the orioles followed.

Owen Squires, 14, gets ready to bird. Squires and his mother, Marsha Squires, were the first to sight and ID a male hooded oriole in Juneau that has inspired birders to visit from as far as Fairbanks.

DEAR JOAN: A single male hooded oriole arrived in our yard last week. Actually, we don’t know if he’s single or married, but we only saw him. We think we heard him about a week ago, but are ...

In my last column, I welcomed the arrival of spring’s migratory birds to Marin. Foremost among these in attention-grabbing splendor and neighborhood observability are the orioles — brilliant ...

For four days, the hooded oriole frequented the Hutsons' flowering cherries. The brilliant-orange bird feeding among the pink cherry blossoms made for a dazzling clash of loud colors.

A bird I always associate with St. Patrick’s Day, because I invariably hear the first one of the year a few days on either side of March 17th, is the hooded oriole. This year, perhaps because of the ...

Unlike the hooded oriole from 2015, this beauty has stayed around for others to enjoy. The host estimates more than 50 birders have visited to see it, some driving from other areas of the state.