84 Bird Day Book 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE 



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HE male of this bird is orange and black, while the female 

 is dull yellowish and gray. They are sociable birds and 

 seem to like the company of mankind, for their nests are, 

 from choice, built as near as possible to houses, often being 

 where they can be reached from windows. As they use a great 

 deal of string in the construction of their nests, children often get 

 amusement by placing bright-colored pieces of yarn where the 

 birds will get them, and watch them weave them into their homes. 



The song is a clear, querulous, varied whistle or warble, and the 

 call is a plaintive whistle. The nest is a pensile structure, often 

 hanging eight or ten inches below the supporting rim, and swaying 

 to and fro with every breeze. They lay five or six white eggs, 

 curiously scrawled with blackish brown. 



These birds breed east of the Rockies, north to New Brunswick 

 and Manitoba, and winter in Central America. 



— Bird Guide. 



