Look For Male bobolinks go through a dramatic plumage change from spring to fall. In summer, the male is a handsome blend of black, white, and butterscotch. They look like they are wearing a tuxedo backwards! In fall, he changes to buffy tans and browns, similar to what the female wears year-round. Fall male and […]
Look For The smallest oriole in North America is also the darkest, with a designer color scheme of chestnut and black that is rarely seen in songbirds. The male’s deep orange-chestnut underparts are set off by a black hood, back, and tail. The female is an even olive-yellow overall, with whitish wing bars. She is
Look For Baltimore orioles are slightly smaller and more slender than American robins. Look for a thin, sharp, silver, gray, or black bill with a wide base. Underparts range from dull yellow to flame orange. Adult male Baltimore orioles have an entirely black head and upper mantle, an orange middle and lower back and rump,
The yellow-headed blackbird is a real stunner in the plumage department. The male is the only North American bird with a black body and a yellow head, neck, and chest. In addition, he flashes large white wing patches in flight, a feature not present in the plain, more sparrowlike female. Each spring, enormous flocks of
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