#BirdGlamour celebrates the Altamira Oriole! This tropical oriole lives year-round in Mexico & Central America and they JUST makes it into southern TX/Rio Grande. Females weave elaborate hanging nests up to 26 inches long. They love insects & forage dead grasshoppers off of the fronts of cars! #GlamorousByNature #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#BirdGlamour celebrates the Altamira Oriole! This tropical oriole lives year-round in Mexico & Central America and they JUST makes it into southern TX/Rio Grande. Females weave elaborate hanging nests up to 26 inches long. They love insects & forage dead grasshoppers off of the fronts of cars! #GlamorousByNature #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#BirdGlamour celebrates Audubon’s Oriole! This oriole calls Mexico and southern Texas home. Males and females look similar with yellow bodies and black heads. In fact, Audubon’s Oriole used to be called the Black-headed Oriole, but the males of three other oriole species have black heads. What common name would you use for Audubon’s Oriole for the American Ornithological Society's common name change? #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#BirdGlamour celebrates Audubon’s Oriole! This oriole calls Mexico and southern Texas home. Males and females look similar with yellow bodies and black heads. In fact, Audubon’s Oriole used to be called the Black-headed Oriole, but the males of three other oriole species have black heads. What common name would you use for Audubon’s Oriole for the American Ornithological Society's common name change? #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#BirdGlamour celebrates Scott’s Oriole! This oriole of the arid Southwest loves yucca and uses yucca fibers to weave nests and forage insects from yucca. Scott’s Oriole is the common name, which will be changed by the American Ornithological Society - "Scott's" doesn't really tell us anything about the bird. How about the Yucca Oriole for a new name? #GlamorousByNature #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

Our Halloween-colored #BirdGlamour celebration continues with the Hooded Oriole! Seen in southwest US and Mexico, they’re also known as palm leaf orioles because the sew their sack nests on the undersides of palm fronds. Hooded Orioles are chatterboxes and will mimic woodpeckers and flycatchers!
#GlamorousByNature #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

Our Halloween-colored #BirdGlamour celebration continues with the Hooded Oriole! Seen in southwest US and Mexico, they’re also known as palm leaf orioles because the sew their sack nests on the undersides of palm fronds. Hooded Orioles are chatterboxes and will mimic woodpeckers and flycatchers!
#GlamorousByNature #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#Halloween #BirdGlamour #GlamorousByNature Part 1 celebrates a common fall sighting, the Woolly Bear! The caterpillar form of the Isabella Tiger Moth, Woolly Bears hatch in the fall and survive the winter by freezing solid: they produce a cryoprotectant in their tissues, and thaw in the spring! #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#Halloween #BirdGlamour #GlamorousByNature Part 1 celebrates a common fall sighting, the Woolly Bear! The caterpillar form of the Isabella Tiger Moth, Woolly Bears hatch in the fall and survive the winter by freezing solid: they produce a cryoprotectant in their tissues, and thaw in the spring! #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#BirdGlamour celebrates the Bullock’s Oriole, an oriole the I have a chance of seeing in southern BC! These western North American orioles are acrobatic & hang upside down when foraging and weaving nests. They love insects but have a sweet beak and will visit hummingbird feeders. Where the ranges overlap, Bullock's Orioles and Baltimore Orioles - the more eastern oriole - will hybridize! #GlamorousByNature #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA