article thumbnail

Spring Migration on South Padre Island, Texas

10,000 Birds

Warblers, thrushes, buntings, and other migrants move across the Gulf of Mexico in an extremely stressful, marathon flight from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Gulf Coast of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida before spreading throughout the flyways and heading north.

Texas 221
article thumbnail

What is the State Bird of Maryland?

10,000 Birds

Suddenly, we catch a flash of bright orange: a Baltimore Oriole. Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States. Baltimore Orioles breed in open woodlands or forest edges , preferring deciduous trees.

Maryland 105
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Serendipity Plus Avocado = Yellow-billed Cuckoo

10,000 Birds

Snow has touched down in some places up north, up there on the breeding grounds of Mourning Warblers , Baltimore Orioles , and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Go birding almost anywhere in this snow-less land from now until March and you would be hard-pressed to pass a day without at least hearing the chattering of Baltimore Orioles.

article thumbnail

Birding Through the Seasons at Matheson Hammock

10,000 Birds

If you have been out birding in southeast Florida there is a good chance that you have run into him in the field. If it were not for the resident cardinals and large number of breeding exotics, Matheson Hammock would be all but silent during the late spring and early summer. That it not to say that the park is dead — far from it.

Miami 162
article thumbnail

Great Miami Winter Bird Count 2015

10,000 Birds

For others, it is simply a launching point to Everglades National Park or the Florida Keys. Although they breed on the west coast of Florida, Snowy Plover is a rare stray to this part of the state. Baltimore Oriole: 1. Birding florida birds Miami birding warblers' Red-winged Blackbird: 962. Eastern Meadowlark: 24.

Miami 169
article thumbnail

Half Hardy

10,000 Birds

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. The truth is, wintering Baltimore Orioles are unusual, but not unheard of, in the southeast. Instead I saw a flash of orange.