Saturday, February 22, 2014

Birds in Neighbourhood - 15

I get to see variety of birds around my parents house in Udupi. I have captured few of them in my camera and one such beautiful bird is Indian Golden Oriole




They are similar to the Eurasian Golden Oriole but has more yellow in the tail and has a paler shade of red in the iris and bill. 



The male has the black eye stripe extending behind the eye, a large carpal patch on the wing and wide yellow tips to the secondaries. The streaks on the underside of females is more sharp. 


Their inhabit in a range of habitats including open deciduous forests, semi-evergreen forests, woodland, forest edge, mangroves, open country with scattered trees, parks, gardens orchards and plantations.

32 comments:

P.N. Subramanian said...

Beautifully captured. Normally they are sighted in pairs.

Jeevan said...

Great capture on the gorgeous bird! I have seen it once in my neighborhood

Snap said...

Just beautiful!

TexWisGirl said...

beautiful birds. we have similar orioles in the states but i don't get to see them too often.

carol l mckenna said...

Beautiful photos and gorgeous bird (s) ~ thanks, Happy Weekend ~

artmusedog and carol
www.acreativeharbor.com

DeniseinVA said...

How lucky to have such beautiful birds in your neighborhood. Great shots of your Indian Golden Oriole. He is very colorful.

Phil Slade said...

The Golden Oriole is indeed beautiful. How well they hide away in the sunlit trees Rajesh.

sunshine said...

Interesting birds.

Adam Jones said...

Brilliant! I'd love to see an Oriole.

Judith @ Lavender Cottage said...

Different colouring than the Balitmore oriole we have, but one can definitely tell the breed.

Huldra said...

What a sunny bird :)

Anni said...

Beautiful coloration...and fantastic captures Rajesh.

Lowell said...

You are fortunate. I haven't seen an oriole in years! They are such beautiful birds. We do have cardinals in our yard and they're pretty, too.

Teamgsquare said...

Cool captures

Ash said...

Lovely! Thanks so much for sharing these. I've never seen them before.

betty-NZ said...

Such a gorgeous bird! Your photos are really terrific.

Ruth Kelly said...

Oh my, they are colorful birds.

Findlay Wilde said...

That is a stunning looking bird. From Findlay

Gordon said...

That is a very stricking bird, and I bet it wasn't that easy to get the shots.
All the best gordon.

Rohrerbot said...

Such a bizarre looking Oriole! Lucky you to have them around your area:)

Unknown said...

A very pretty bird!

carol l mckenna said...

Beautiful bird and great photographs ~ thanks,

artmusedog and carol
www.acreativeharbor.com

Karen said...

Great shots, similar to our orioles.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Beautiful -- his bright colors really jump out!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous, colorful birds.

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

A very colorful bird indeed, in a family of brilliant and beautiful birds.

Anonymous said...

Lovely. It looks very much like the Baltimore Oriole we have in the States.

D.Nambiar said...

such a pretty bird :)

Abhijit Ray said...

A riot of colours. Beautiful

Yogi Saraswat said...

just beautiful . I m seeing it first time . Great series of pictures of Birds you are producing

indu chhibber said...

A rare but beautiful sight--thanx

Priyashi said...

lovely