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Sunday, May 24, 2020

Cooling off

It was warm in Cotati today (24 May 2020), with air temperatures reaching the high 80s.  In the late afternoon a male Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) visited our backyard water bath:




Here's a close-up where you can see the decurved bill and the pretty light blue color at the base of the lower mandible:



3 comments:

Alice Chan said...

One word: WOW!!!

Anonymous said...

I'll say!
KB

Jackie Sones said...

Yes, a pretty fancy bird! The Hooded Orioles are pretty shy, but perhaps the heat is drawing them in to the water bath?

Jackie