#orioles

Early spring bird feeding changes almost overnight. All winter the feeders were busy — chickadees arguing, sparrows squabbling, woodpeckers tapping on frozen mornings — and then one day in March, silence. Nothing has gone wrong. Your garden has simply shifted from cafeteria to nursery. Early Spring Bird Feeding: The Winter Transition During winter, birds survive through numbers. They move in…

'Willow, Peonies and Orioles' (1764) by Sō Shiseki (Japanese, 1715 – 1786).

Ink and colour on silk.

Dick Greyson, Nightwing, is Bluebird - Blue birds are blue like his costume and often associated with cheerfulness and hope. 

Jason Todd, Red Hood, is The Cardinal - Because its red. Enough Said. 

Tim Drake is Oriole - I don’t like Red Robin purely because its too confusing with both Red Hood AND Robin. Tim is associated with both red and yellow but since Jason has Red and Duke has yellow for Tim I figured why not mix the two together and give him orange, and what bird is orange? Orioles. Also orioles are a top tier underrated bird.

Duke Thomas - The signal - Gold Finch since his costume is yellow and Dinah already has canary.

Damien Wayne - is the current Robin but given his association with green His brothers Jokingly call him Parakeet. (he hates it)

Furthermore

Bruce is sometimes jokingly referred to as The Crow (he aso hates it)

and Alfred is on occaision referred to as magpie

I was spotted by this rather stern‑looking Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula). He seemed distinctly unimpressed with the bird feed I’d put out. A few minutes after taking the photo, I peeled an orange and set out the slices, which quickly attracted a few other orioles.

Step into a world where even the smallest moments—like the glint in a bird's eye—tell their own story.

Male and (I think) female Baltimore Orioles (Icterus galbula)

May 7, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania