Wild Bird Wednesday - Orioles in The O.C.

I continue to be amazed on a daily basis about the variety of birds that exist right here in my hometown that I have apparently been utterly oblivious to for basically my entire life.  Okay, I can sort of understand missing all of the brown/gray types that blend in with the branches, but really, how is it possible to have missed bright yellow birds like Goldfinches or Yellow Warblers...or even worse...a bright orange and black bird?

Remember the female and juvenile Hooded Orioles I showed from a previous post?  I've been on the lookout for the male ever since, but never really thought I'd find him.  And then, suddenly, one day as I was leaving work - there he was!

 

 

Sorry for the underneath views - this was one tall pine tree! 

 

 

 

And this bird was on the move almost constantly.  He was definitely foraging.

 

 

Here he's got a beak full of something - can't see if it's a bug or material for a nest.

 

 

 

 

I'm going with bug.

 

 

And he's off!  Disappeared after that.

 

And to think...I only got to see this because I had to leave early that day (Open House and concert at Ryan's school).  A few minutes earlier or later and this encounter wouldn't have happened!

 

 

 

 

KJ