Pic 1 & 2 - Bird outside my window
Pic 3: Mature Bird
Pic 3: Images of The Bird - Juvenile stage & Mature
Juvenile stage is when the colour is mucky and the chest is speckled.
Mature stage is when he gets to be a bright tsriking chrome yellow
The one outside my window is not the Juvenile male that I had thought it is .. it is the female.
The Golden Oriole
The Golden Oriole or European (or Eurasian) Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) is the only member of the oriole family of passerine birds breeding in northern hemisphere temperate regions. It is a summer migrant in Europe and western Asia and spends the winter season in the tropics.
Description
The male is striking in the typical oriole black and yellow plumage, but the female is a drabber green bird. Orioles are shy, and even the male is remarkably difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy.
The name "oriole" was first used in the 18th century and is an adaptation of the scientific Latin genus name, which is derived from the Classical Latin "aureolus" meaning golden.
Golden orioles are native to Europe, Asia and Africa. They inhabit tall deciduous trees in woodland, orchards or parks and spend much of their time in tree canopies.
Ecology and behaviour
They feed on insects and fruit. They build neat nests in tree forks and lay 3-6 eggs.
Their call is a screech like a jay, but the song is a beautiful fluting weela-wee-ooo or or-iii-ole, unmistakable once heard.
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