#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

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!
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#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

#BirdGlamour’s Halloween-colored birds continues with Black-vented Orioles! They call Central & South America home but are occasionally spotted in Arizona & Texas. Black-vented Orioles love an open area with scattered trees. Their name comes from their black vent (aka bum) area. #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #SciArt #SciComm #ScienceMUA

#BirdGlamour ’s celebration of Halloween-colored birds continues with Orchard Orioles! Related to blackbirds and North America’s smallest orioles, Orchard Orioles don’t mind neighbors and will build their hanging pouch nests in groups. They even appreciate the presence of territorial Kingbirds, which are an early warning system and provide territory defense. They feed on nectar and pollen when wintering in Central and South America. #GlamorousByNature #SciComm #SciArt #ScienceMUA

Bird Glamour loves Halloween colored birds! The Baltimore Oriole loves ripe bright-colored fruit, especially oranges. They also eat many insects we consider pests, like tent caterpillars. Female orioles weave elaborate hanging sock-shaped nests & will recycle old nest materials. #BirdGlamour #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #SciComm #SciArt #ScienceMUA

The final Bird Glamour Glamager look is the Flame-colored Tanager! This complex-colored tanager calls Mexico & Central America home & sometimes AZ home. They are a mountain bird, shifting their territory to higher elevations due to climate change, but mountains only go so high! #BirdGlamour #BirdGlamourOfNorthAmerica #GlamorousByNature