| 单词 | oriole |
| 例句 | There were no insects singing, there were no catbirds, or orioles, or vireos, or robins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And the idea that the hummingbird or the oriole nests in our gardens for just a few weeks and then travels many hundreds of miles to its other existence is sort of magical. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time The Baltimore oriole, for example, is portrayed by a flute, oboe and clarinet, while the California thrasher is represented by the xylophone. At Mostly Mozart, a Menagerie of Bird-Related Works 2012-08-03T18:26:47Z I have spent entire mornings in a friend’s garden doing nothing but listening to bird songs: orioles, coppersmith barbets, Malabar trogons. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z “You want to see owls, kingfishers, parrots and orioles?” he asked our boys. Dragons, Apes, Mantas and Birds 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The oriole goes off at six, the dove at seven, the chickadee at eight, then cardinals, sparrows, nuthatches, and so on around the dial. A Love-Hate Relationship With Birds 2010-04-29T18:30:00Z Nonhuman tourists recently seen visiting the park include goldfinches, orange-crowned warblers and Baltimore orioles. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 30-Jan. 5 2011-12-29T22:23:48Z Slung from one limb like a hammock is the pendant nest of a Baltimore oriole. Perspective | An added virtue of habitat gardens: They’re pleasing to humans, too 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z He adopted the name Loriot, the French for oriole, from the bird pictured on his family's coat of arms. German humorist "Loriot" dies at 87 2011-08-23T11:38:09Z In “Songbirds,” the bristling branches of a flowering mountain laurel are just as correct — in minute gradations of pink — and nearly as dynamic as the undulating line of flying orioles, cardinals, chickadees and blackbirds. | Westchester: A Review of ‘Hudson River Explorers,’ in Yonkers 2012-09-01T04:29:48Z On the sill of the tiny corner window, high on the western wall, perches an oriole nest that Barry Lopez gave me. Leaving Alaska 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Cole used the song of the Baltimore oriole as some of her thematic material in a beautifully orchestrated score that was witty, succinct and great fun to listen to. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concludes centennial season with energy and style 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Marra said the mature tree canopy of Takoma Park, where he lives, has done much to harbor such beloved bird species as the Baltimore oriole, great crested flycatcher and eastern wood-pewee. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time The center preserves over 10,000 acres for animals — from ocelots to orioles — via sites strung along the 120 miles of river between the town of Roma and South Padre. Explorer: 9 Sites Near the Texas Border: the World Birding Center 2010-04-10T03:06:00Z “House finches lining their nests with cigarette butts, nests of Bullock’s orioles fashioned from twine, kites decorating their tree platforms with underwear stolen from washing lines.” Helen Macdonald Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of the Natural World 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Here we learn how night factors into the September migrations of orioles, warblers, sparrows, and tanagers; other recent episodes explore bee hummingbirds, in Cuba; Vivaldi’s inspiration by goldfinches; and the difference between ravens and crows. Three Podcasts to Listen to in September 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The Scott’s oriole, a black-and-yellow bird inhabiting the Southwest and Mexico, will also receive a new moniker, which will sever ties to the U.S. Birds in the Americas Will No Longer Be Named After People 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Fountains spout, hummingbirds and orioles dart and mountains rise in the background. In the shadow of loss, a mother’s long search for happiness 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Chimney swift, northern flicker, fish crow, killdeer, Baltimore oriole and gray catbird among them. Who’s that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The Baltimore oriole that arrives in the yard next to mine every May 1 or 2 and starts advertising his availability for a mate. Trying to Find Your Place in the World? Try Birding From a Different Angle. 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Exactly why the area attracts as many as 13,000 tanagers, orioles, buntings, grosbeaks and warblers on a single day is not entirely understood. This dirt parking lot in the San Gabriel Mountains is a magnet for migrating birds 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z One, very high up, might be that of a Baltimore oriole, which I love because of the way their nests hang like sporrans. Giving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z On the front wall, a pair of Bullock’s orioles feeds three chicks, and a red-breasted sapsucker feeds two. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z More than 30 species of warblers have been spotted in Monticello Park, along with orioles, finches, wrens, flycatchers, owls and raptors. Perspective | Alexandria’s tiny Monticello Park gains a big honor 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Many different birds frequent the area around Beth Hughitt’s Luray, Va., home: eagles, hummingbirds, orioles, bluebirds, blue jays, goldfinches, swallows, all kinds of woodpeckers — and mourning doves. Perspective | Winged victory: Readers stick up for the lowly mourning dove 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Then, the car dealer rolled up his sleeve to show me a stunning tattoo of an oriole on his upper arm — a beautiful bird, but a heartbreaking symbol. Opinion | There have always been losing teams in baseball — but this season is different and worse 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z “You hear orioles in the mountains behind us, and a stream runs through,” she said. Next stop, a town at risk of disappearing. Please, watch your bones 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z An oriole, warbler and shearwater all share it. Bird lovers are grappling with honorary names linked to racists. Audubon tops the list. Baltimore orioles, maybe more familiar to many of us on the baseball field than the streets, also showed up. Bird population boosted at National Zoo during virus shutdown 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Dr Lisa Gill, who is analysing the results, said: “Some are simply beautiful: the golden oriole, the peacefulness of raindrops and blackbird song.” Lockdown yields first global sound map of spring dawn chorus 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Birds imperiled by the Earth’s predicted temperature rise include such widely recognized and beloved species as the piping plover, Baltimore oriole and golden eagle, Audubon said. Two-thirds of U.S. birds face extinction due to climate-linked 'emergency': Audubon 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team. Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Few birds, apart from cuckoos and orioles, will touch them. Toxic caterpillar plague spreads across Europe 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z I believe that the change is accelerating, 25 years ago we had bats, swallows, orioles, bluebirds and owls. The Insect Apocalypse Is Here 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Swallows, gulls and terns, crows, blackbirds and orioles, tyrant flycatchers and parids—all practice mobbing. Political Harassment Is for the Birds 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Four species were in the worst trouble: the ortolan bunting, the ruff, the golden oriole and the greenfinch. Farmland Birds in France Are in Steep Decline 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Great-tailed grackles, for instance, belong to the same family as blackbirds and orioles—a group not often considered particularly smart. Why Ravens and Crows Are Earth’s Smartest Birds 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Reincarnation, mystical amulets, miraculous fruits, a transformative oriole, monster morphing and more also factor in. Rousing, if familiar, adventure in Vietnamese folk tale 'Tam Cam: The Untold Story' 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Now a Bullock’s oriole who ended up in the Ottawa area is set to finally fly home to western North America – in the passenger cabin of an Air Canada flight. Rare Canadian oriole to fly thousands of miles back home – on passenger jet 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Mealworm seedcake, for example, is designed to attract bluebirds, orioles, wrens, jays, chickadees and titmice. Passion for bird-watching led brothers to build a birdseed empire 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z A few blocks away, “Around the World” by Richard Colman decorates the side of a chess club with a man playing checkers against an oriole, a nod to the Baltimore mascot. D.C.’s walls tell stories 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z A news release from Tucker County Convention and Visitors Bureau said species likely to be seen include bobolinks, scarlet tanagers and Baltimore and orchard orioles. Birding festival set for next month at Canaan Valley Resort 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z These include the Baltimore oriole, American kestrel, northern harrier and ring-billed gull. Audubon Mural Project Brings 5-Story Flock to Uptown Manhattan 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z “It’s absolutely fantastic. It’s been mind-boggling,” Ray Holland, who first noticed the oriole, told the CBC, as hundreds of birdwatchers travelled to the area to catch a glimpse. Rare Canadian oriole to fly thousands of miles back home – on passenger jet 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The oriole, Maryland’s state bird and the mascot for Baltimore’s baseball team, might abandon the Mid-Atlantic region by 2050, the report said. Bye bye, birdie: Study says warming may force orioles, eagles from D.C. region It is also home to 212 species of birds, including yellow warblers, hooded orioles and the federally endangered least Bell's vireo. Inaugral fly fishing derby with a hook: It's at the L.A. River 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z But regardless of what a player is doing, the cap is adorned with a logo, like the Yankees’ interlocking NY, Baltimore’s cartoon oriole or the Detroit Tigers’ Old English D. Greg Maddux and Tony La Russa Opt to Have No Logo on Their Hall of Fame Plaques 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z On previous days, the researchers scooped up more brilliant spring migrants, including a scarlet tanager and a Baltimore oriole. Researchers Hope Bird-Friendly Glass Can Help Reduce Migration Deaths 2014-05-13T14:46:54Z It was long believed, for example, that the United States had just one population of orchard orioles. Crowdsourcing, for the Birds 2013-08-19T19:02:28Z “The orioles are nesting, so I hope to get to see them,” she said. Central Park Tennis Center in Manhattan Is a Place for Passionate Players 2012-08-22T03:40:09Z Birds that live both in our area and on Ometepe Island include Baltimore orioles, indigo buntings, yellow warblers, ovenbirds, summer tanagers and ruby-throated hummingbirds. Migratory birds teach kids in Fairfax County and Central America about their cultures 2012-06-01T14:02:22Z Too late, we earn the wrath of the male parent, a blaze of orange and angry chattering, a Baltimore oriole. City Room: Spring Time: Under a Leafy Canopy, a Taste of Summer 2012-05-24T15:26:26Z There are two or three notes in the song of the lark which are not surpassed in sweetness by any of the oriole or finch family. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z There were the chickadees, the song sparrows, the chipping sparrows, the orioles, the thrushes, and even the catbirds were asked. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z His first thought was that they were from the throats of young orioles. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z One of the château gardeners, a Venetian, who has been very friendly with me, has presented me with a caged oriole. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z The nest of the orchard oriole is even more remarkable as a piece of woven texture. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Later still, orioles, thrushes, robins, linnets, and a wild mockingbird without any name, go down not only to drink, but to lave in the waters. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z And the bluejays, downy woodpeckers, the orioles, the thrush family, the chipping sparrows, the robins, the indigo birds—and even the shy vireos ventured forth. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z An oriole burst into melody, swinging in the great snowball bush near the Willow Street fence. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Birds—orioles and finches—are singing along the river. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z There are the same many gabled, lofty houses, with oriole windows that open outward. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z Two orioles have swung up their hammock to the swaying branch of a chestnut oak. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The oriole has come to the orchard again, the wren to the grape arbor. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z A splendor of sunshine flooded the world without; an oriole in the swaying elm filled the air with song. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z O, the wild grape climbing sturdily to reach the oriole's nest! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z A year ago May he caught and brought me, not doing the least injury, an oriole that probably had flown against a wire and was struggling disabled in the grass. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The robin, thrush, oriole and linnet will come early and stay late. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Trinkets are scattered as the forest makes ready for night—tiny cones, abandoned snail shells, and feathers which the woodpecker and oriole dropped when they took leave. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The child reflects something of the joy of the oriole whose ecstasy of song from the elm on the lawn tells the whereabouts of a dangling "cup of felt" with its deeply hidden treasures. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The harebell blooms and is away, The salmon spawns and dies; The oriole nests and is on the wing, Calling her sweet good-bys.... A Hundred and Sixty Books by Washington Authors Some Other Writers Who are Contributors to Periodical Literature, Lines Worth Knowing by Heart 2011-11-27T03:00:12.497Z Though I go back to days before the sparrows had driven away not only the worms but all others of their own race, I recall no orioles and scarlet tanagers, no yellow and blue birds. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Who has written the music of the orioles and thrushes? A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Her hat matched her suit in color and was brightened by the wing of a Baltimore oriole. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z The cowbird builds no nest, while its cousin, the Baltimore oriole, is a famous weaver. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Fledgling robins and bluebirds, orioles and wrens are meat and drink to him. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z Its rarely beautiful nest, that hangs suspended from a slender branch very much like the Baltimore oriole's, is so woven and festooned with this moss that its concealment is perfect. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z All the song birds of much note in this State may be assigned to the three families of thrushes, orioles and finches. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The moriche orioles met the beauty of the heavens with their silver notes, and as the sky cooled, there arose the sweet, trilled cadence of the little tinamou heralding the voices of night. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Although their nests are not so deep as the Baltimore orioles', the shape and weave are similar. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Till the night oriole lights his lamp among The blooms of marigold and spotted adder's tongue. Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z It is by far the most glorious of all the warblers—a sort of diminutive oriole. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Birds sang their evening carols,—robins on every fence post, orioles in the elms, and far away a wood-thrush filled the quiet with his liquid ecstasies. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Perhaps it was not altogether the scientific joy of gazing at and possessing the first known egg of the moriche oriole. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Fortunately many other birds besides this oriole prefer to live in orchards; otherwise think how many worm-eaten apples there would be! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The curtain before one of the windows swayed gently in the air and from the acacia trees on the lawn he could hear the sleepy twitter of an oriole. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z They are devoured, however, by the two species of cuckoos—the yellow-billed and black-billed—and it is probable that they are sometimes killed by Baltimore orioles and various other birds. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z You ought to hear his whole repertoire—orioles, thrushes, mourning doves, nightingales, mocking birds. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z Clinging to the topmost frond was an oriole, jet as night, with the gold of sunshine on crown and shoulders and back. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z And I have known more than one Baltimore oriole to fly about the house, joyously singing, as if attracted and excited by the music in-doors. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Even the mice talked about it in their cellars under ground; and oriole did not sleep a wink, he worked so hard composing a song to Minnie's eyelashes. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z From the topmost bough of a near-by mulberry tree an oriole poured forth a flood of melody. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z The jury, which were composed of a yellow oriole, a blue spreuw, and a mouse-bird, they found my bird guilty, and a old white ringed crow, who was the jedge, pronounced sentence of death. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z While he sang, a second oriole swooped upward between two vanes of a frond to a small ball of fibers knotted close to the midrib. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z How do you suppose these young Baltimore orioles ever packed themselves into so small a nest? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Its large and handsome boughs were still alive; and here flew oriole at once, singing as he alighted, and swung on the tip of a branch. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z An oriole swung from the topmost bough of a large oak pouring forth a flood of song. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Among the few birds shot that first afternoon were the beautiful Andamanese oriole, with gorgeous plumage of black and yellow, and a peculiar cuckoo—Centropus andamanensis—soberly clad in brown and grey. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Her son, running back, saw that the oriole was gone. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z You have often started all the roosters in your neighbourhood to crowing, no doubt; even so you can "whistle up" the mystified orioles, who are always disposed to live near our homes. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Let the oriole be proud as he would; she knew that hardly any one else could sing such lovely songs as he was always twittering. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z Why do we care about the orioles or pirates? Markakis, Orioles pound struggling Pirates 8-3 2011-06-21T02:17:09Z The Baltimore oriole weaves its nest of plant fibers, vine strips and hair from two or more attachment points on a tree branch. Books: A Feat of Engineering That Doubles as a Home to Raise a Brood 2011-06-20T20:31:48Z His mother reached his side to find him in tears, holding a dead oriole. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Although the Baltimore oriole has a Southern name, he is really more common at the North, whereas the orchard oriole is more at home south of New England. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z At last they flew away, and when oriole came, he had no better success. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z The orioles live in mature woodland, and nest in coconut palms, according to BirdLife International, an alliance of conservation groups that leads on putting together the Red List for birds. Heaviest flyer faces extinction 2011-06-07T01:58:38Z Imagine a stream of gold flowing through hills colored like an apple orchard in May, with a sky bending down above them like the wing of an oriole. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z There were the oriole, the cat bird, the yellow throat, the brown thrush and the red bird, all putting forth at once their charmingest efforts. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Part of the family feed upon the ground, but the oriole branch live in the trees. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The oriole was handsomer, and had a sweeter song; but he was proud, and spoke in a sharp, short way, that was not agreeable. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z Now and then a bobolink, an oriole, or a scarlet tanager would be seen. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Robins were laughing merrily, an oriole whistled once and flew away, and hark! yes, a thrush was singing, sitting high in some tree-top, she knew. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Under the elm tree they buried her, beside Mary and Reuben; and the orioles she loved to watch still hatch their young and sing sweet songs above her grave. Violet: A Fairy Story 2011-04-07T02:00:17.290Z A flash of flame among the tender young spring foliage; a rich, high, whistled song from the blossoming cherry trees, and every child knows that the sociable Baltimore oriole has just returned from Central America. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z There are many other distinguished arrivals, indeed nine tenths of the birds are here by the last week in May, yet the swallows and orioles are the most conspicuous. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The golden oriole, whose nest is among the orange-trees, gives out its liquid song; the mock-bird, caged in the verandah, repeats the strain with variations. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Doris smiled at the sylvan housekeeping of the orioles, which she watched for awhile, letting her sewing rest on her lap. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z I knew that about my plateau were gathered the cardinal, the thrush, the oriole, the catbird, the jay and the mockingbird. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z You may know the orchard oriole's cradle by its excellent weaving. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The same is true of the pewees, the king-bird, and the sparrows, while the common bluebird, the oriole, and orchard starling afford examples the other way. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z Aruba’s native mockingbirds, owls and orioles have met the enemy. Dot Earth: Island Birds + Invading Boa = Trouble in Paradise 2011-01-27T20:21:01Z Go forth, lovers of flowers, and seek diligently for the oriole that hideth the nest in mine orchard! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z The oriole, immaculate in gold and black, with a call that ornithologists describe as liquid, is another visitor. Heat and dust 2010-05-08T10:52:00Z Do orioles generally take special delight in the music of a piano? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z What a burst of song from the oriole! The Idyl of Twin Fires In the vivid green of a large oak tree a pair of orioles wove a wonderful pattern of living flame as they darted about among the boughs. The Man from Jericho Baltimore orioles hung a nest from the tip of an elm bough directly over it. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z In the trees around the house orioles and robins nest, while everywhere the old apple-trees grow, many of them gnarled and twisted with age. Remodeled Farmhouses People who have brought up broods of orphan orioles say that they are unusually lively, interesting pets. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z With its wings now here, and now there, Is the oriole sporting in flight. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches In the branches of the pines a red cardinal flitted, and from a maple flashed the orange and black gorgeousness of a Baltimore oriole. The Tempering In very cold weather, the oriole would fly to me, and get under my cape, and nestle down upon my neck. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom An oriole's note rose out of the dim forest paths, poignantly sweet. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play The little girl orioles will attempt, instinctively, to weave worsted, string, grass, or whatever is given them to play with, for of course they never took a lesson in weaving from their expert mother. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The orioles Fluttered around, and on the bushy trees In throngs collected—whence their pleasant notes Resounded far in richest melody. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches And the old enchantment falls On the blue-gray orchard walls And the purple high-top boles, While the orange orioles Flame and whistle through the green Of that paradisal scene. Later Poems The nest was like an oriole's, but nearly twice as long, though the builders were less than half the size of the orioles. A-Birding on a Bronco Cardinal, oriole, tawny thrush and gold-finch seemed to vie with each other in pouring forth the sweetest melody. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins The tall oaks are sought out by the orioles, tanagers and grosbeaks,—a brilliant and tuneful company. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Another of the doubtful resembles closely the black oriole, and another the black cassican, but is smaller. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. The orioles revel through orchard boughs In their coats of gold for spring's carouse; In shadowy pastures the bobwhites call, And the flute of the thrush has a melting fall Under the evening star. Later Poems A pair of bright orange orioles had a nest in the sycamore, though I never should have known it had I not seen them go to it to feed their young. A-Birding on a Bronco This oriole was common in the cocoa and in secondary forest surrounding the cocoa at Quoin Hill. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 We have such a number of hooded crows here, and some birds called golden oriole. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 I was soon interested in watching a colony of the pretty little yellow orioles, which were building their nests in the trees near the river. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Bullock's oriole and the Louisiana tanager are here also, with many warblers and other little mountain troubadours, most of them now busy about their nests. My First Summer in the Sierra When in the hammock under the oak one day, I saw a pair of the odd-looking Arizona hooded orioles busily going and coming to a drooping branch on the edge of the tree. A-Birding on a Bronco Behind the villa, towards the north, fine beech-woods towered and rustled, ascending the mountain slopes; and out of their depths sounded from afar the metallic note of the golden oriole. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 A queer enough spectacle we must have made, like a flock of blackbirds patched with the oriole's vermilion and the cockatoo's rose. The Portal of Dreams The owner of an orchard may at any time shoot blue-jays, orioles, or yellowhammers. The Apple The experiment showed that the elements of the oriole's song were provided by nature, while the combination of these elements was acquired by imitation. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life There were two species of orioles in the valley; and not knowing to which the nest belonged, I prepared to wait for the return of the owner. A-Birding on a Bronco Sweetly sang the golden oriole in the neighbouring beech forest. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 Then, as the whistle might mean something reassuring to Tira, he began again with a bright loudness, bold as the oriole's song. Old Crow But, with true oriole persistence, in a moment she tried it again, going as before up the wires. Upon The Tree-Tops To discover whether the song of the oriole is fixed by nature or learned by imitation, Scott took some little ones, just hatched, and brought them up away from older birds. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life In the excitement the oriole's nest was neglected; but ordinarily the rare unknown birds did not detract from the enjoyment of the old, more familiar ones. A-Birding on a Bronco The cry-baby young of the orioles have hardly ceased to complain about the house, making the midsummer peevish, before the birds are flocking. Old Plymouth Trails The one I wore yesterday was my waterfall-hat, with the green feather; this, you see, is an oriole.” Household Papers and Stories Again the annoyed oriole deserted his post, and, disappointed in the effect, returned; once more, also, rather disconcerted, she descended to the floor. Upon The Tree-Tops The elementary notes and rattles characteristic of the oriole made their appearance, but were combined in unusual ways, so that the characteristic song of the oriole did not appear, but a new song. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life One morning, when on the way to the sycamores, I found an oriole's nest high in a tree. A-Birding on a Bronco Across the pasture I hear the rich voice of an oriole stopping his caterpillar hunting long enough to trill a round phrase or two from the apple-tree bough. Old Plymouth Trails Woodpigeon, bobolink, bluebird, oriole, cooed and trilled and warbled from the bush all around. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Not all the time of the beautiful orioles was passed in contentions; once having placed themselves on what they considered their proper footing in the family, they had leisure for other things. Upon The Tree-Tops Suppose a blue-jay courts and wins and weds a Baltimore oriole. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 A Louisiana tanager in his coat of many colors stopped one day, and another time, when looking up for dull green vireos, my eye was startled by a flaming golden oriole. A-Birding on a Bronco In July the incessant, cry-baby twittering of the young orioles is thus as common a sound of the orchard and pasture as it is of the elm-shaded street. Old Plymouth Trails There are many other distinguished arrivals, indeed, nine tenths of the birds are here by the last week in May, yet the swallows and orioles are the most conspicuous. Eighth Reader The young oriole, however, does not lack intelligence. Upon The Tree-Tops Nature knows this, and therefore, in her feathered tribes, blue-jays do not mate with orioles; and so bird-housekeeping goes on in peace. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Among other things impossible for birds to do, these orioles tied a knot in the end of a string to prevent its fraying in the wind! Ways of Nature The orioles ceased to sing just then, and a sullen cloud came sweeping over us, which broke upon the pond in a sudden squall of wind. Mabel's Mistake I think a well-built oriole's nest would sustain a weight of eight or ten pounds before it would be torn from its moorings. Under the Maples When bird music begins to wane, when thrushes have taken their broods afar, and orioles and catbirds are heard no more, one appreciates the hearty philosophy, the cheerful and pleasing song, of the robin. Upon The Tree-Tops Commonest things: A touch, a glimpse, a sound, a breath–– It is a song the oriole sings–– And all the rest belongs to death. Poems But the orioles in question not only tied knots; they tied them with a "reversed double hitch, the kind that a man uses in cinching his saddle"! Ways of Nature In the afternoon he promised Lucy sight of two golden orioles, and kept his promise. Love and Lucy An oriole's nest in a remote field far from highways and dwellings is a rare occurrence. Under the Maples One whole year I entertained in my bird-room an individual of strongly marked character, an orchard oriole. Upon The Tree-Tops Beauteous orioles are they— Little timid, tongueless birds— Each listening to the voiceless lay, Love strives to put in words. The Loom of Life The oriole uses them the most successfully, often attaching her pensile nest to the branch by their aid. Ways of Nature For a time he gained prestige with Irene Straley, especially as he gave her bright feathers now and then, an oriole's gilded mourning, or a tanager's scarlet vesture. In a Little Town Real castles in the air are the nests of the orioles; no other nests are better hidden or apparently more safe from the depredations of crows and squirrels. Under the Maples On the 24th of April spring emotions began to work in the oriole family. Upon The Tree-Tops But our English sparrow is not only better fitted for the struggle than the robins and bluebirds, the orioles and the wrens. The Meaning of Evolution It was given as a sample of a well-guyed nest, the discoverer no doubt looking upon it as proof of an oriole's forethought in providing against winds and storms. Ways of Nature How many of you have seen the nest of the Baltimore oriole? Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Bullock's oriole of California weaves its nest entirely of the long, strong threads which it draws out of the palm-leaves. Under the Maples Another time I saw the two orioles on top of a cage, six or eight inches apart. Upon The Tree-Tops It is well known that these birds, like the orchard oriole, return year after year to the same house, and haunt where they had previously reared their young. Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 I have seen an oriole's nest with a string carried around a leaf, and another with a long looped string hanging free. Ways of Nature The wrens will warble in chorus, Rare music, so touching and sweet; The orioles sent for their tickets, And will surely give us a treat. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad A moment before a yellow-throated vireo sang briefly in the maple, a harsh note; and the oriole with its insistent call added to the disquieting sounds. Under the Maples As I passed under an apple-tree, one morning, on my way to the ferny path, I heard the domestic cry of the oriole, uttered, I think, only when rearing the young, a tender "yeap." Upon The Tree-Tops An oriole darted in one arcade and out again with a musical whir of wings. The Flying Mercury What experience has the race of orioles had with cloth, that any member of it should know how to unravel it in that way? Ways of Nature I slept; and my mind jumbling the springhouse, the orioles, the dead boy and his strange tale, whispered that my little king and queen of the hanging nest were Santa and Nefert. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight The oriole nests in many kinds of trees—oaks, maples, apple-trees, elms—but her favorite is the elm. Under the Maples The relations of a pair of Baltimore orioles at the same time were not much more harmonious; but the little dame being more spirited than her neighbor, things arranged themselves differently. Upon The Tree-Tops On its topmost limb, swinging gaily, an oriole was blowing gloriously on his little golden trumpet. Treasure Valley An illustration of this is the account of the nest of a pair of orioles, as described in the "North American Review" for May, 1903, by a writer of popular nature books. Ways of Nature No window it has, but an open door Invites one to sweetest rest; For my wee house, perched on a swaying elm, Is only an oriole's nest. Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly One May I saw two female orioles building their nests twenty or twenty-five feet above our State Road, where automobiles and other vehicles passed nearly every minute all the day. Under the Maples The orioles in chase of this slippery fellow, seeing him outside, came bang against the glass, and then dropped to a perch, looking rather foolish. Upon The Tree-Tops The clear May morning air was filled with a chorus of robins and orioles. Treasure Valley Still more astonishing, when the genuineness of the nest is questioned, a man is found who makes affidavit that he saw the orioles build it! Ways of Nature Snipes and plover, orioles and ovenbirds, bobolinks and meadow-larks, all had lived in it by turns for a few days. The Biography of a Prairie Girl To start the oriole's nest successfully is quite an engineering feat. Under the Maples One spoke in a complaining tone, as if it said, "Why do you treat me thus?" and the other uttered a regular oriole "chur-r-r." Upon The Tree-Tops Above her head, where recently she had watched two piping orioles flutter about their weaving, hung now the silent, pendant nest. Sunlight Patch Mr. Scott of Princeton proved this with his orioles. Ways of Nature But the snipes and plover had gone into a decline, the orioles and ovenbirds had grown thin and unkempt, and the bobolinks and meadow-larks had eaten themselves to death. The Biography of a Prairie Girl I have an oriole's nest sent me from Michigan on the outside of which is a bird's dried foot with a string ingeniously knotted around it. Under the Maples The oriole saw them in an instant, and was frantic to get out. Upon The Tree-Tops I have seen woodpeckers, orioles, lots of robins and blue jays, brown thrushes, and bluebirds. Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly They sang at the proper age, but not the regular oriole song. Ways of Nature They were as simply a part of his natural circumstance as the large cottonwood-tree which hung over the river from a point near by, and which seemed to have always an oriole singing in it. A Boy's Town Our orchard oriole also makes a pendent nest, but not so deep and pocketlike as that of the Baltimore oriole, and showing no such elaborate use of strings and hairs. Under the Maples The squirrel sat gloomily silent on the branches, panting under its fur, and the oriole's splendour of orange and jet had turned dusty and bedraggled. The Roof Tree The notes of the golden oriole and cooing of pigeons and wood-doves mingling with the silvery jingle of an occasional vaquero's spurs, came from the garden beyond. When Dreams Come True But I have yet to hear of a robin building a nest like a brown thrasher, or of an oriole building a nest like a robin, or of kingfishers drilling for grubs in a tree. Ways of Nature Looking out of the ward-room, I could see the men in their hammocks asleep, like orioles in their hanging nests. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field The orioles are probably the most immune from the depredations of crows and jays and owls of all our birds, and yet they will join in the cry of "Thief, thief!" when a crow appears. Under the Maples She paused, looking up fondly into the magnificent fulness of branches where now the orioles had hatched their brood and taught the fledglings to fly, then her eyes came back and her voice grew rapt. The Roof Tree "Well, what are you doing here?" he called out, in his crossest voice, for he was anxious to get away and rob the oriole's nest. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Other birds are good nest-builders, as the orioles, the thrushes, the finches, the warblers, the hummingbirds, and one never finds an inferior specimen of the nests of any of these birds. Ways of Nature The orioles in the mulberry trees warbled out the song, "It is a boy." A California Girl I did have an oriole, which was caught when very young. Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly From its hanging nest, with brilliant flashes of orange and jet, a Baltimore oriole came and went about its housekeeping affairs. The Roof Tree But he decided not to go to the oriole's nest that morning, but to search for grabs and beetles amongst the mosses beneath the oak-trees. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The robin could not build the oriole's nest, nor the oriole build the robin's nor the swallow's. Ways of Nature Away up in the elm tree before the house an oriole was blowing his little golden trumpet, his flashing coat rivalling the row of scarlet and golden tulips that bordered the garden path. In Orchard Glen Elizabeth could not understand anyone studying there, with the orioles building their nest above and the vesper-sparrows calling from the lane. 'Lizbeth of the Dale The clover is not without value, although the robin and the oriole may agree to think so. Birds in the Bush "Where are you going?" asked the oriole, as they passed. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland During the cold, wet summer of 1903 a vast number of half-fledged birds—orioles, finches, warblers—perished in the nest, probably from scarcity of insect food and the neglect of the mothers to hover them. Ways of Nature The oriole and the lark Are friends of thine; and oft, I know, the thrush Has trill'd of thee at morn and even-blush. A Lover's Litanies He pointed out the oriole's little cradle that swung from the elm bough high above their heads. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Perhaps it's their gizzards that beat," replied the oriole, reflectively, "for they are certainly heartless and very wicked. Policeman Bluejay "He's a thief and a scoundrel!" cried the oriole, indignantly. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland But if an oriole should build a nest like a robin, or a robin build like a cliff swallow, that would be a departure from instinct to take note of. Ways of Nature The oriole hops among the orange-trees, and the bold red cardinal spreads his scarlet wings amidst the spray of the lower shrubbery. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Another street gave a picture of a yellow elm, with an oriole's empty nest depending from a drooping branch. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Usually we orioles are very timid, you know; so you can well understand how terrified Susie was to fight against this giant foe. Policeman Bluejay The young ones of the orchard oriole's nest lived up to the traditions of the family by being inveterate cry-babies, and making so much noise they could be heard far around. A Bird-Lover in the West Our oriole is an insectivorous bird, but in some localities it is very destructive in the August vineyards. Ways of Nature The plumage of the golden oriole is certainly sumptuous, and brilliant sunshine has, of course, the effect of showing off colour to the best advantage. India and the Indians The forest was haunted by myriads of gay insects, butterflies with wings of dazzling lustre, birds of brilliant plumage, humming-birds, golden orioles, toucans, and a p. 199host of solitary warblers. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson "All men who enter the forest are," answered the oriole, positively. Policeman Bluejay The parents had nothing like the work of the robin, oriole, or blue jay. A Bird-Lover in the West And through the outcry of the robins, the dry cackle of the purple grackles, and the cat-bird’s whine floated earthward the melody of the golden orioles. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories At first I attributed this to concern at my presence, but after a while it transpired that a young oriole—a blundering, tailless fellow—was the cause of the disturbance. The Foot-path Way Soon after the goldfinches had passed by, there alighted a gay Baltimore oriole, who, not content with looking at the new castle in the air, must needs try it. Little Brothers of the Air "We might get all our people together and fall upon them in a great army, and so defeat them," suggested an oriole. Policeman Bluejay No one but an orchard oriole could so mix things, and sure enough! there he was, scrambling over the flowers. A Bird-Lover in the West Next after the wood thrush and the robin, the loud yet sweetly modulated call of the Baltimore oriole is the most pleasing of all our bird notes. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine There goes an oriole, a gorgeous creature, flashing from one elm to another, and piping in his happiest manner as he flies. The Foot-path Way Who knows but he was experimenting to see if this simple, wide-open cradle wouldn't do as well for oriole babies as for kingbirds? Little Brothers of the Air Whistling louder than the orioles, whose songs rang wildly through and through my brain, he hastened down the road, and was gone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 A Baltimore oriole, passing over, seemed to be attracted by a familiar quality of sound, for he came down, alighted about a foot from the nest, and looked with interest upon the charming family scene. A Bird-Lover in the West From the treetop come the sweet songs of the oriole and robin. Conservation Reader Indigo-birds and squirrels on a tree And orioles flashed in and out . Spectra A Book of Poetic Experiments Even after sitting began, this oriole paid two more visits to the nest which so interested him. Little Brothers of the Air From river to ridge the air was alive with orioles and cardinals and red-starts. A Virginia Scout The oriole accepted my retirement as a compromise, and returned to his domestic duties, coming, as was natural and easiest, on my side of the tree. A Bird-Lover in the West The gray purse of the oriole has begun to ravel at the edges and the haircloth cup of the chipping sparrow is already wind-distorted, but we shall find some housekeeping just begun. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The orioles come, the orchards bloom, and summer lights up the hills, and the leaves fall, but they will know no more changes or seasons. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin The kingbird and the oriole worry her life out of her because her babies like eggs—as who does not! Little Brothers of the Air Spring came at last, and with it returned to the island the robins, the song thrushes, the beautiful golden orioles, and the humming birds, all of which had gone southward at the beginning of winter. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days The voice did not even suggest an oriole to me, until I had been deceived two or three times and understood it. A Bird-Lover in the West Take a dog and an oriole as good examples of the two extremes. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year In the good Jayhawker state the orchard orioles are more abundant than they are in the eastern and northeastern part of the state of Ohio. Our Bird Comrades The brilliant male of the Baltimore oriole gets his bright dress at maturity, but until that time he is as soberly clad as his quiet little mother. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young I love the golden oriole," says Eleanor, "they look like a flash of sunlight. When the Birds Begin to Sing On following up the cry, I always found a young oriole and a hard-worked father feeding him. A Bird-Lover in the West A sparrow or oriole hopping along the ground with angular, half-naked wings would be indeed a pitiful sight, except to marauding weasels and cats, who would find meals in abundance on every hand. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year In their proper latitude no birds, or at least few of them, are more lavish of their melody than the orchard orioles. Our Bird Comrades The nest of nests, the ideal nest, is unquestionably that of the Baltimore oriole. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The golden oriole with its bright yellow plumage whirrs as a flash of sunlight through the trees, and the birds at home are singing. When the Birds Begin to Sing All day long in the elm, on their swaying perches swinging, New-fledged orioles utter their restless, querulous notes. A Bird-Lover in the West The Hoopoe, or golden oriole, for instance, and many other rare birds, would nest, and, indeed, do nest here when allowed. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Who has ever seen two cowbirds fighting a duel like the orioles, meadowlarks, and robins? Our Bird Comrades One day in Kentucky I saw an oriole weave into her nest unusual material. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs But, beside these, insects for swallows, swifts, martins, shrikes, thrushes, orioles, sparrows, the beautiful trogans and jacamars, moles, shrews, hedgehogs, and a multitude of others, too numerous to mention, but not too numerous to eat. The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science A Discourse On waiting a little, I heard the young oriole cry, much subdued since nesting days, and the tender "ye-ep" of the parent. A Bird-Lover in the West Maurice Thompson's tribute to the Baltimore oriole will apply to that bird's western kinsman. Birds of the Rockies Indeed, the range of this species is more southerly than that of their congeners, the Baltimore orioles. Our Bird Comrades How savagely she would fly at her neighbor, an oriole that had a nest just over the fence a few yards away, when she invaded her territory! Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Been watching the orioles that are bringing up a family out in that tree. The Opened Shutters In the mean time the first young oriole had gone farther into the trees, and papa with him. A Bird-Lover in the West Many nests of Bullock's oriole rewarded my slight search. Birds of the Rockies The Baltimore orioles as a rule are not so secretive; yet during the summer of 1898 a pair of these firebirds led me a fruitless chase. Our Bird Comrades No other bird would, perhaps, have used such brilliant material; their instincts of concealment would have revolted, but the oriole aims more to make its nest inaccessible than to hide it. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Whether flashing gold of oriole, or the blinking solemnity of a great toad, it mattered little—Kartabo had welcomed me with as propitious an omen as had Kalacoon. Edge of the Jungle For they have heard a singing from the Ganges, And cries of orioles,—from the temple caves,— And Bengal's oldest, humblest villages. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany Hence at both places the following species were found: Lazuli buntings, Arkansas goldfinches, American goldfinches, western wood-pewees, Arkansas kingbirds, Bullock's orioles, grassfinches, and catbirds. Birds of the Rockies They also saw numbers of birds, kites, hawks, cockatoos, orioles, paroquets, pigeons, and other unknown birds. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Birds that build at the end of the branch, like the oriole, tie the nest fast; others, like the robin, build against the main trunk; still others build securely in the fork. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs There were oaks gray with centuries, and elms jacketed with moss, in whose high boughs the orioles in summer builded and sang, and under which the bluebells grew. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk If in the class room, each row may choose its name, after which the players should all change places, so that all of the robins or orioles will not fly from the same locality. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Then old Kris Kringle who loves a joke as well as the best, Dropped a handful of snowflakes into the oriole’s empty nest. Graded Memory Selections Then the orioles and the thrushes and the cuckoos leave us, and most birds who live on insects. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The big tree was full of orioles' and vireos' nests, old and recent, representing the building of many summers. The Adventures of Bobby Orde We have orioles: they say, 'Here, here, here I be!' Captain Horace There was the oriole, swinging on the bough beside his nest, pouring out his song, "Joy! joy! joy!" Fernley House The oriole singing lustily in the spring would seem conscious of his coat of orange and black. Blue Ridge Country Robins and orioles, and others, creep into the thick branches of an evergreen tree, close up to the trunk. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "A bird can't make me die," said she, seizing the trembling little oriole, and holding him close to her bosom. Dotty Dimple At Home Many birds came about, mocking-birds, crows, kingbirds, orchard orioles, and others. In Nesting Time In the latter was an oriole's nest; and presently Hildegarde heard the bird's clear golden note, and saw his bright wings flash by. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls An oriole perches on the tree near him and begins an enchanting song. Floyd Grandon's Honor The young of altricial birds, like orioles, and bluebirds, and thrushes, being born naked and helpless, have a reason for loving their nest-homes, so carefully and delicately built to shelter their nude infancy. Days Off And Other Digressions In a short time the cage was seen to contain specimens of the blue-jay and red-bird, or Virginia nightingale, orioles of several species, and doves of two distinct kinds. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness The kingbirds chased flies, the orioles searched the fruit trees for insects. In Nesting Time Then among the bushes there were flocks of the red-breasted oriole. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Thus the colour and markings are almost identical with those of the black-headed oriole, the chief difference being that the latter has a little yellow in the wing. Birds of the Indian Hills It was the look of the sharp-shinned hawk hovering for an instant, in sheer intellectual abandon and physical exuberance, above the unconscious oriole bent upon its morning bath. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills All at once her eyes rested upon the branch of an oak-tree, that stretched out over the pawpaw, and directly above the orioles’ nest. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Anywhere, everywhere, all day, in pouring rain, in high wind that silences nearly every bird voice, the orioles sing. In Nesting Time Look!" he cried, "that oriole is going to die for joy as he swings among the cherry blossoms! The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 So great is the resemblance that the casual observer will, in nine cases out of ten, mistake the grosbeak for an oriole. Birds of the Indian Hills It is caught by the flashing of gaudy plumage, the golden green of the paroquet, the blue of the jay, and the orange wing of the oriole. The Scalp Hunters Look at it! it is only making pretence—to frighten the orioles still more, if possible.’ The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Repose of manner was unknown to the orchard orioles. In Nesting Time I know where an oriole's building, And a log where a partridge drums, And I'm going to the woods to see them, As soon as Saturday comes. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State There are doubtless good reasons for the colouring of both the grosbeak and the oriole; what these reasons are we know not. Birds of the Indian Hills Seems the doctor said as he thought as it was a golden-headed oriole but the friend thought as it was a mud hen. Susan Clegg and a Man in the House In this tree the orioles were now fluttering about, chirruping wildly, and at intervals making a dash downward, until their wings almost swept the nose of the opossum. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness There was always a vulgar broil, often a furious encounter, stopping just short of coming to blows, and it seemed really doubtful if the orioles would succeed in settling their matrimonial affairs before summer. In Nesting Time Through branching bloom, and mist of green, Now here, now there, upon the wing, Flame of oriole faintly seen— Vision fair of the winsome spring. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State However, scientific books make no mention of the resemblance between the oriole and the grosbeak. Birds of the Indian Hills Bet he never saw an orioles' nest or found a wild pink moccasin. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' On looking upward, we discovered the object of her search—the nest of the orioles—which was hanging like a large purse, or rather like a distended stocking, from the topmost twigs of the tree. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness If, however, an oriole was found by one of the old mocking-birds perched on the edge of the nest, he was driven away with a piece of mocking-bird mind on the subject of meddlers. In Nesting Time The oriole, the swallow, the sparrow, the cawing crow, the chipmuck, or the squirrel will not desert him. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy If this extended to the hen, and if the grosbeak were parasitic on the oriole, it would be held up as an example of mimicry. Birds of the Indian Hills The orchard oriole of the United States offers us an excellent example of a bird which modifies its nest according to circumstances. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays In a short while she had gathered them all upon her back and into her pouch; and commenced retreating from the spot—while the orioles changed their terrified screaming into chirrups of victory. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness At length the crisis in the oriole matters came, as come it must, and not long after the war-dance that has been described. In Nesting Time His nest looks like that of a hornet because he learned how to build his home before he became an oriole. The Book of Nature Myths A new race of boys pelt the hanging nests of the orioles; a new race of school-girls hang swinging on the village gates at the noonings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 The robin and catbird and oriole will sing hidden among their branches. The Chief End of Man Frank was remarking how lucky he had been in thus finding the nest of the orioles—as he wanted young birds of that species, and he could return for them whenever they were hatched. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness I should like to see the orchard oriole in the rôle of a father; a terribly fussy one he would be without doubt. In Nesting Time You shall be a bright and happy oriole, and when men see you, they will say, 'See the beautiful oriole. The Book of Nature Myths The oriole fluttered away as they approached the fence. The Forbidden Trail Thus the little Maryland yellow-throat, according to various authorities, often ousts the intruded egg, and its broken remains are also occasionally seen on the ground beneath the nests of the cat-bird and the oriole. My Studio Neighbors The three soon drew near the pawpaws; and the orioles seeing them, once more set up the scolding concert. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Her last experimental call was now made upon another household, the Baltimore orioles, and there she met with something new—perfect indifference. In Nesting Time So the hornet is now an oriole, a bird that is loved by every one. The Book of Nature Myths Blackbird and robin, oriole and mocking bird, piped full-throated from every cactus. The Forbidden Trail An oriole flew carolling gaily over the woodpile, singing the very song that was in her own heart. The Second Chance Something in the very sound of the language keeps for us the freshness of the imagery—the sweet-briar and the hawthorn, the mavis and the oriole—which has so long become publica materies. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) He was dignified, yet his dignity was not like that of a thrush; he was calm and cool, yet not after the manner of an orchard oriole. In Nesting Time Now it would be a golden oriole or some glittering sun-bird. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Then I pictured the orioles too, that pale yellow one with the black back and wings, and the gay orange and black fellow I so often saw among the trees. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah Insects injurious to vegetation.—Essays may be written describing some of the insects injurious to fruit trees; also the birds that feed largely upon these insects—the warblers, thrushes, orioles, wrens, woodpeckers, vireos, and others. Bird Day; How to prepare for it A few men moved about like dull-coated robins surrounded by orioles and canary birds. The Eagle's Heart For example, when he came to me his cage stood on a shelf next to that occupied by two orchard orioles, and he was never pleased with the position. In Nesting Time That bird is an oriole—the orange oriole; and there is another, the yellow oriole. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Now, many other birds would be benefited by similar mimicry, which is none the less confined, in this part of the world, to the oriole genus. On the Genesis of Species If you are fortunate you may find a pair of orioles building their nest. Bird Day; How to prepare for it The oriole is very proud of her woven nest, but I should consider it a dangerous place for bird babies. Stories of Birds Two orchard orioles saluted the twilight by gymnastics on the roof of the cage. In Nesting Time Here, to our intense delight, we shot the paradise oriole, a magnificent orange, yellow, and black bird, its head looking as if it was covered with a lovely orange plush. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas I have seen an oriole ensconce himself for the night amid the thick cluster of leaves on the end of a maple branch, where soon after his mate built her nest. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers The oriole's nest may be attached to a limb by two or more cords; if it is, notice how it is prevented from swinging by side ropes. Bird Day; How to prepare for it So also is the oriole, who builds a queer hanging nest in the tree-tops. Stories of Birds The father took upon himself this duty, and many times during the day the above-mentioned scene was reënacted, loud blackbird calls, husky baby notes, the musical war-cry of the oriole, and a chase. In Nesting Time A twittering of winged things arose in the branches, first only the cadence of a robin's call, an oriole's flute-whistle, the stirring wren's mellow note. Lords of the North The oriole in her nest-building seems more fickle than most other birds. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers The oriole frequently ties several twigs together, and so uses these to suspend his nest. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Why does the beaver build his dam, and the oriole hang her nest? The Mind and Its Education One little oriole mother whom I watched in Massachusetts had no help in raising her brood, her mate spending his time on the upper branches of the tree. In Nesting Time The oriole's strain lilted exultant and a thousand throats gushed out golden notes. Lords of the North I have known orioles several times to begin a nest and then leave it and go elsewhere. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers The music rolled along like a sparkling river in sweet accompaniment with the oriole's leading violin. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales I have tamed wilder birds than greenfinches, in Italy—I have tamed goldfinches, blackcaps, and even an oriole. The Lady Paramount This robin had always recognized the right of the oriole parents to their share of the tree, but the young one was a stranger, and he fell upon him accordingly. In Nesting Time True jays and orioles are also well represented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The bobolink chatters in notes of perfection, The oriole sings a love-song to his mate, The whippoorwill clings to his perch for protection, The crow laughs ha! ha! when the evening grows late. Our Profession and Other Poems Mockingbirds and linnets thrilled the glad air with warblings; gold finches, thrushes and bobolinks trilled their happiest tunes; and the oriole sang a lullaby to her hanging cradle that rocked in the wind. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales In its top lived the wind and from the longest spray of its longest limb the oriole hung her artistic basket and brooded her golden babies. Confessions of Boyhood The next morning came up out of the nest quite an unnatural oriole baby—he did not cry. In Nesting Time He glanced at the golden-winged oriole which nestled so jauntily in its brown velvet nest upon the hat as he spoke. His Heart's Queen The corn is planted when the Baltimore orioles appear, or when the first green is noticed on the oak-trees. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk There was the picture of Wanda, far out upon the great limb, eager and watchful, her camera ready, the oriole's nest swinging before her, the mother bird just dropping down to it. The Short Cut The final result looked something less like a bucket than some strange oriole's hanging nest. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure So long had the third young oriole occupied his position, that the fourth made his appearance almost immediately, as though he had been waiting. In Nesting Time They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops, Where the oriole's hammock-nest swings, And at night time are folded in slumber By a song that a fond mother sings. Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Those represented are the magpie, prairie lark, oriole, humming bird, and swallow. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 The wind blew all day from the southwest, and all day in the grove across the way the orioles sang to their nestlings.... The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) But all the blessed company of mere songbirds, warblers, robins, thrushes, orioles, with nuthatches, chickadees, blue jays, woodpeckers, etc., counted only one head each. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Another family of little folk came upon the maple after the orioles were gone, a nuthatch tribe. In Nesting Time Tshirr!" scolds the oriole Where the leaves blur, Giving her threads a jerk, Spying where rivals lurk, "May's here, and I'm at work. A Woman's Love Letters He offered to dig up a tarantula's nest for her and to catch and tame for her pleasure a side-winder rattlesnake, or, if she preferred, a golden oriole or a mocking-bird. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories The Blue Jay does much of the mischief that is laid at the door of the Robin, orioles, thrushes, and other birds, and then sneaks away unobserved. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. In April one may come across an occasional nest of the pied starling, the king-crow, the paradise flycatcher, the grey hornbill, and the oriole, but these are exceptions. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The training of our winged neighbors is most interesting, but so cautiously carried on that we rarely see it, though we may often hear the robin, oriole, whip-poor-will, and many others receive instruction in singing. In Nesting Time I stood far off above the haunts of men Somewhere, I know not, when the sky was dim From some worn glory, and the morning hymn Of the gay oriole echoed from the glen. A Woman's Love Letters It did n't make any difference to him whether she chose a rattlesnake or an oriole; whatever she wanted him to do, he was ready to attempt. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories The flaming breast of the oriole and the wondrous mingling of colors in the multiplied warblers glint like jewels among the ever enlarging leaves. Some Spring Days in Iowa The calls of the hoopoe and nuthatch become less frequent as the month draws to a close; on the other hand, the melody of the oriole gains in strength. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Perhaps he was too busy, though he never seemed to work so hard as the robin or oriole; but I think it was cautiousness, for the trouble of those parents was painful to witness. In Nesting Time They know well that no branch supports the nest from beneath; that the safety of the young orioles depends on good, strong material well woven together. Ways of Wood Folk “It’s an oriole’s nest,” Tom said, with just a note of good-humored impatience in his voice. Tom Slade on Mystery Trail The bobolinks rallied them up from the dell, The orioles whistled them out of the wood; And all of their singing was, "Earth, it is well!" More Songs From Vagabondia Very occasionally the oriole utters a disconsolate-sounding tew; he is a truly tropical bird; it is only when the sun flames overhead out of a brazen sky that he emits his liquid notes. A Bird Calendar for Northern India There were six of them, and every one delighted in singing; the three thrushes, a bluebird, a female orchard oriole, and a Mexican clarin. In Nesting Time Besides all this, the oriole is a neighborly little body; and that helps her. Ways of Wood Folk “You see my head is full of the Eagle badge just now,” Hervey pleaded, “but I’m going to look up orioles.” Tom Slade on Mystery Trail See the description in Under the Willows beginning: "My oriole, my glance of summer fire." The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. The oriole is a timid bird and is glad to rear up its family under the ægis of so doughty a warrior as the Black Prince of the Birds. A Bird Calendar for Northern India I. The robin and the oriole, The linnet and the wren— When shall I see their fairyships, And hear their songs again? Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors It is in gathering and testing the materials for a nest that the orioles display no little ingenuity. Ways of Wood Folk I’m going to look up orioles, and I’m going to get Doc to put some iodine on my leg, and I’m going to do that tracking stunt to-morrow. Tom Slade on Mystery Trail Bobolink: If Lowell had a favorite bird, it was the bobolink, although the oriole was a close competitor for his praises. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. The nest of the oriole is a wonderful structure. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The sparkling oriole picks string for his hammock on the sycamore, and the sparrows twitter in pairs. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons While the orioles were weaving the last threads into their nest, I ran round the house, crept a long way behind the old wall, and so to a safe hiding place near the crab-apple. Ways of Wood Folk “Somebody in a book called the oriole Orestes, because that means dweller in the woods,” Tom ventured. Tom Slade on Mystery Trail Hangbird: The oriole, so called from its hanging nest; one of Lowell's most beloved "garden acquaintances" at Elmwood. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. Examples of these more local migrants are the grey-headed and the verditer flycatchers, the Indian bush-chat and, to some extent, the paradise flycatcher and the Indian oriole. A Bird Calendar for Northern India But, for all the apparent security of this nest, so deep, so warm, so firmly secured to the twigs and branches, the little orioles are not entirely safe. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy The orioles had solved their problem; the bit of cloth was fastened there securely among the thorns. Ways of Wood Folk “Well, you were after the Eagle and you got an oriole,” he said, half jokingly. Tom Slade on Mystery Trail There again, as in the early days, he watched the orioles building their nests and listened to the tricksy catbird's call. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. The Indian oriole is not the only species which finds the climate of the United Provinces too severe for it in winter; the koel and the paradise flycatcher likewise desert us in the coldest months. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Here all was calcite crystal heavily massed in various forms, and a harmony of blue and brown, with half a dozen round, unbroken, perfect geodes hanging from the ceiling like oriole nests. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills The bright bits of color in the soft gray of the walls gave the nest always a holiday appearance, in good keeping with the high spirits of the orioles. Ways of Wood Folk You went through the bird study test and you didn’t even know it was an oriole’s nest that you rescued. Tom Slade on Mystery Trail Scarcely less curious is the case of Mr. Wallace's Malayan orioles, two species of which exactly copy two pugnacious honey-suckers in every detail of plumage and coloration. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The oriole lays from two to four white eggs spotted with dull red. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Two watched yon oriole's pendent dome, That now is void, and dank with rain, And one,—oh, hope more frail than foam! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation The orioles are peace-loving birds, and dislike the society of those noisy, pugnacious little rascals, the English sparrows, which have of late taken possession of our streets. Ways of Wood Folk This was Orestes, the oriole, who had had such a narrow squeak of it up at the foot of the mountain. Tom Slade on Mystery Trail As the honey-suckers are avoided by birds of prey, owing to their surprising strength and pugnacity, the orioles gain immunity from attack by their close resemblance to the protected species. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science These last are replaced by black-headed orioles in the United Provinces, but not in the Punjab. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Then he knew—his fingers trembled slightly as he returned to work on the hondo, and, for a long time, no sound broke the silence save the song of an oriole in the catalpa tree. The Pride of Palomar On summer days he never overflows with the rollicksomeness of bobolink and oriole, but takes his abundance in quiet contentment. Ways of Wood Folk The roosters in the farmyard were still crowing, and the air was sweet with the music of robins, orioles, and blackbirds when they again plunged into the forest trail. The Puritan Twins Robin and oriole sing to me From the leafy depths of our apple-tree, With trunk so gnarled and gray— But why your name should their burden be I shouldn't like to say. Point Lace and Diamonds The oriole now utters its winter note tew, and that sound is heard only occasionally. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Sometimes an oriole darted overhead in a royal flash of black and yellow, a robin stood in the road and delivered a hearty invitation, or a hawk flew past, pursued by martins. The Voice of the People Now in my exile the oriole sings again In the dreary stillness of Hsün-yang town ... More Translations from the Chinese This includes thrushes, wrens, robins, bluebirds, orioles or, in fact, practically all birds but crows, blackbirds and kingfishers. Outdoor Sports and Games It is brown velvet and has an oriole on it; you know they are so showy and bright it makes you almost think you are in the woods. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird The sunbirds, the fantail flycatchers, the orioles, the golden-backed woodpeckers, the white-breasted kingfishers and the black partridges call as lustily as ever, and the bulbuls continue to twitter to one another "stick to it!" A Bird Calendar for Northern India Now oriole and bluebird, thrush and lark, Warbler and wren and vireo, Mingle their melody; the living spark Of Love has touched the fuel of desire, And every heart leaps up in singing fire. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke When the sun rose I was still lying in bed; An early oriole sang on the roof of my house. More Translations from the Chinese In certain sections a cat has been known to destroy six nests of orioles, thrushes and bobolinks in a single day. Outdoor Sports and Games The old 'possum looked wistfully up at the nest of the orioles, hanging like a distended stocking from the topmost twigs of the tree. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 The oriole has suspended his nest, like a basket, from a limb of the great pear-tree; and when the robins know how to fly, they can return some of his visits. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories Can you tell where the nest of the oriole swings, Or the color its eggs may be? Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors In vain the orioles tempt me with their song to stray beneath the flowering trees; In vain the grasses lure me by their colour to sit beside the pond. More Translations from the Chinese In May the principal birds of our neighbourhood will return—thrushes, vireos, tanagers, grosbeaks, bobolinks, orioles. Outdoor Sports and Games Soon the persecuted orioles began to scream and scold as before. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 The plainly-dressed sparrows and the brilliant yellow-birds look in upon them, and, now and then, their cousin, the oriole, comes, clad in the richest golden plumage, and sings them a song. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories Hungry robins piped excitedly, woodpeckers bored for worms and flaming orioles flashed by on golden wings. Diane of the Green Van And Eve's voice went warbling lightly up, till the others joined, as if the oriole in his hanging nest not far away had stirred to sing out the seasons of the dark. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 From the convent garden came the melting lilt of the golden oriole. The Grey Cloak Save for the call of the horn beneath the willow, the girl was as free to come and go as an oriole in the orchard; for that he was grateful. Kenny Every June morning when you go out into the field, oriole and bluebird and blackbird and bobolink will fly after you and make the day more delightful to you. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 39, August 5, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Robins and wrens, orioles and mocking-birds, blue jays and jackdaws, thrushes and blue-birds and cardinals, all were busy house-building; one heard calls and answers, saw flashes of painted wings, followed by outbursts of ecstasy. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The Baltimore oriole is a weaver, and it makes its nest out of bark, fine grass, moss, and wool, strengthening it, when circumstances permit, with pieces of string or horse-hair. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader Tell me the story of the oriole, whose mate this year is not the old. The Grey Cloak Birds of passage—song-sparrows, tanagers, bluebirds, and orioles—even a pair of cardinals—stopped wherever they could find a tree or bush from which to pipe a friendly greeting. The Primrose Ring That the oriole should do this was not surprising, considering its known habits in relation to some other flowers. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 There's an oriole's nest, badly winter-worn; but they will come back and build again. Memories and Anecdotes The orioles were flaming in the old orchards; the bobolinks were tossing themselves about in the long meadows of timothy, daisies, and patches of clover. Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas In the spring, from the trees of the Common, which are close, but, except for the crown of one noble English elm, are shut away from me, I hear an occasional robin and Baltimore oriole. Roof and Meadow These peculiarities are imitated in the orioles by patches of feathers of corresponding colours; while the different tints of the two species in each island are exactly the same. Darwinism (1889) Finally, on July 26, 1890, I was rewarded by seeing a number of Baltimore orioles vigorously pecking at and tearing open a lot of fresh blossoms, and this observation was afterward repeated. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 He could color an oriole, but not the corolla of this queen of the woods. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 The same is true of the pewees, the kingbird, and the sparrows, while the common bluebird, the oriole, and orchard starling afford examples the other way. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs The velvet mullen raised its yellow head, The buttercups like precious ore were spread: Like golden shuttles flung by spirit hands, Weaving invisible their magic strands, Darted quick orioles in joyous bands. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 The golden orioles have, however, been adduced as a decided exception, since the females are showy and build in an open nest. Darwinism (1889) Marathon has come to a pretty pass, indeed, when the commuters are to be dispossessed in this way by a lot of birds, orioles and tomtits and yellow-bellied nuthatches. Mince Pie The whole great top was yellow with the gaudy cups, each gleaming "like a flake of fire," as Dr. Holmes says of the oriole. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 The blackbirds puffed their feathers and sounded their singular call from the branches of the old pecan tree, and the flashing of the oriole enlivened the sombre foliage of the enormous live-oaks in the avenue. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Among them was now seen the Siriniri with orioles' feathers, who must have guided them to their prey. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 The orioles, on the other hand, are weak and timid birds, and trust chiefly to concealment and to their retiring habits to escape persecution. Darwinism (1889) The oriole had gone back to Baltimore the day before. Mince Pie So the golden-wing, the tanager, and the orioles would bear their colors harmoniously into any successful tulip design. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 I hear the young orioles calling drearily from wet nests under dripping boughs. Aftermath The sparrows, robins, chickadees, meadow larks and orioles are all examples of birds who help in this way. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. In each of the great islands of the Austro-Malayan region there is a distinct species of Tropidorhynchus, and there is always along with it an oriole that exactly mimics it. Darwinism (1889) One of our friends kept on talking about a Baltimore oriole she had seen near our house, and described it as a beautiful yellowish fowl. Mince Pie It is Edgar Fawcett who draws an exquisite poetic parallel between the oriole and the tulip,—albeit he evidently did not mean the flower of our Liriodendron, which is nearer the oriole colors. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 The bright orioles, filling the summer boughs with color and with song, are as truly domestic in the freedom of their airy nest as the poor hornbills who ignorantly make home into a dungeon. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays I should sow tares among his wheat, if necessary, if I believed that tares would tempt a bearded tit or a golden oriole. The Pleasures of Ignorance From the old orchard on the right came the faint, reluctant note of the golden oriole, who must have been old too. The Darling and Other Stories Two watched yon oriole's pendent dome, That now is void, and dank with rain, And one,—oh, hope more frail than foam! The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The association of the bird with the flower goes further than color, too; for the tulip-tree is a favorite haunt of the orioles. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 The resting eye broods o'er the running grass, Or nodding gestures of the bowed wild oats; Watches the oleander lancers pass, And the bright flashing of the oriole notes. The California Birthday Book The largest haul of dead birds was 43 robins, orioles, thrushes and woodpeckers, captured along with the five Italians who committed the indiscretion of sitting down in the woods to divide their dead birds. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation An oriole perched on the topmost twig of an evergreen in a corner of the yard, and opened his golden throat in a rapture of song. A Spinner in the Sun The oriole's fledglings fifty times Have flown from our familiar elms; As many poets with their rhymes Oblivion's darkling dust o'erwhelms. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell How strong they feel on their horses free, Tingles the tendoned thigh with life; Their cavalry-jackets make boys of all— With golden breasts like the oriole; The chat, the jest, and laugh are rife. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War Gay little oriole, fond little lover, Watching thy mate o'er her tiny ones hover, Tell me, I pray, from your cottonwood tree, When will my true love come riding to me? The California Birthday Book Where there were, a few years ago, thousands of blue herons, egrets, wood ducks, redbirds, and Baltimore orioles, all those birds are now almost extinct in this state. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Thy music still when whippoorwill And oriole are done! Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete |
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