Bird Bio - Orchard Oriole

Common Name: Orchard Oriole.

Scientific Name: Icterus sparius

Description: Male - Black hood with deep chestnut coloured under parts; Female - olive green above and yellowish below; 6-7 inches

Lifecycle:

• Egg description: Pale bluish white
• Nest description: Hanging pouch-woven from grasses, leaf fibers lined with fine grasses
• # Eggs: 4-5
• Length of Incubation: 12-15days
• Fledging Age: 11-days after hatching
• Broods/season: 1

Habitat: Wood edges, orchards, shade trees-semi open areas

Food: Mostly insects, fruit and nectar

Range:

• Summer: East of Rockies
• Winter: Central - South America