Frequently
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Contributed by Ornithology Expert Laura Erickson
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Q.How did Baltimore and Bullock's orioles get their names?
Q.
What are the Baltimore oriole and Bullock's oriole's scientific names
and how are they classified?
Q. How big are Orioles?
Q. What color are orioles?
Q.
The oriole is the state bird for what U.S. state?
Q. Can you teach an oriole
to talk?
Life
Cycle
Q.
What does an oriole nest look like?
Q. When do
orioles molt?
Q. Which oriole
weaves a nest of palm fibers and sews it to the underside of palm leaves?
Ecology
Q.
Where do orioles live in winter?
Q. Where do orioles
live in summer?
Q. What does "neotropical
migrants" mean?
Q. When the time comes
to migrate and an oriole has eggs that haven't hatched yet, what do the
orioles do? Do they leave their eggs or do they stay with them and not
migrate that year?
Q. How long does it take the average oriole to get ready to migrate?
Q. How do orioles prepare
for migration?
Q. How long
does it take the average oriole to migrate?
Q. How do birds have
the energy to fly the long distances of migration?
Q. What do orioles feed
on?
Q. Do orioles establish territories while in the tropics?
Q. Why are oriole flocks
in the tropics so large?
Q. What habitat do orioles prefer in winter?
Q. Does leaf-out have
anything to do with the timing of spring migration?
Q. How do orioles know
when it's time to leave the tropics and return north in spring?
Q. Do orioles migrate
during the day or at night?
Q. Why do orioles migrate
at night?
Q. How do birds sense
whether good or bad migration conditions might be coming?
Q. Why do orioles fly
over the Gulf of Mexico instead of going around it?
Q. How long does
it take birds to cross the Gulf of Mexico?
Q. Why do orioles push
northward during a single week in late April/early May, when hummingbirds
move northward so gradually, for 8-10 weeks from March to mid-May?
Q. Do ALL orioles migrate
in the fall?
Q. When did people first
notice wintering orioles that didn't go south?
Q. How is migration
affected by weather?
Q. What is a "fallout?"
Q. What are some dangers
faced by neotropical migratory songbirds?
Conservation
Q.
How can I help orioles in my back yard?
Q. How can I help orioles during migration?
Q. What do people feed
orioles that don't migrate to the tropics?