Russ - 5-25-2012 at 09:37 AM
This pair have been visiting for about 2 weeks. They've been very allusive and won't stay long enough to a snap shot of them. I got these this week.
Then I've been having issues trying to load them into PhotoBucket. I think HughesNet is stopping large files so I've had to shrink them and load one
at a time. Sorry about the whine here's the cheese.
Back light sucks at my feeder 
It's a Baltimore Oriole
And this is the more common one here. The Baltimore Has a nice song too.
[Edited on 5-25-2012 by Russ]
goldhuntress - 5-25-2012 at 09:55 AM
Nice photo's! I think the last one, the more common as you say, is a Hooded Oriole.
vgabndo - 5-25-2012 at 01:16 PM
They were very common in the mouth of the San Nicolas' arroyo. They make neat hanging nests from date palm fibers.
edit to add image of the nests that cost me a trip to secondary!
[Edited on 5-25-2012 by vgabndo]
Hi Russ.
BigOly - 5-25-2012 at 02:36 PM
you have a Scott's Oriole
and a Hooded Oriole
and yes, the Hooded Oriole weaves a wonderful nest sometimes used by other birds for their brood.
Thanks for the photos Russ.
[Edited on 5-25-2012 by BigOly]
Russ - 5-25-2012 at 05:15 PM
And here I thought I was so cleaver. now that I look up Scotts Oriole it makes much more sense.
Thanks!