If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)


9/19/10 A flamboyant boy on one of the nectar feeders. Hooded orioles are regulars here in the summer months. La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA
 8/16/11 Female in our back orchard. La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA
7/29/11 Male on an oriole feeder on our patio. La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA
5/25/02 Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA 
5/5/02 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Hooded Oriole 

SPECIES: Icterus cucullatus

FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds & Allies)

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/5/2002

COUNT: 1 on tree top near Palm Oasis.

LOCATION: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds-Western Region & Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:

HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: Common in summer in southwest, in riverside woods, parks, suburbs. It especially likes palms, often suspending its nest under a frond. A few stay for winter, may visit feeders. 

 IDENTIFYING MARKS: 7 1/2"; Male: orange to yellow body (Tex. birds orange; CA birds yellower); black face and throat; long, thin, slightly down curved bill; black wings. Female: Uniformly greenish-yellow below; long, thin, slightly down curved bill; gray wings with 2 wing bars; relatively long tail.

VOICE: Song a rapid varied series of whistles; call a weeet.
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