A Hooded Oriole in Golden Gate Park perches upon its temporary home, a California Fan Palm:
I’ll tell you, ppl love deez boids.
I’ll tell you, I think this photo belongs to Pnterist more than to me now. Oh well.
A Hooded Oriole in Golden Gate Park perches upon its temporary home, a California Fan Palm:
I’ll tell you, ppl love deez boids.
I’ll tell you, I think this photo belongs to Pnterist more than to me now. Oh well.
It’s 580 California in front of the BofA Building:
Your pet-store Cherry-Headed Conures certainly are handsome animules (see below), but our Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill don’t really belong in Frisco, not really.
So the Hooded Oriole takes the crown
Here’s one [oh, if you want to add your comment to all the others, use this link] at Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake from, IDK, a decade ago? This male has a blush of orange, as is typical for this time of year – they generally have more of a pure yellow color at other times:
Here’s an effort from Bob Gunderson‘s Dust Trombone from a few years back – dese boids are all over the place dese days, so enjoy them while they last.
Now here are your beauty champs from the 415’s Import Division:
A friendly pair in the Presidio.
They love to fly…
and eat flowers.
Look to the skies…
As seen on Strawberry Hill at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park, back when there was an ornamental fan palm at the south end of the northern bridge:
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This is the post from a while back – lots of comments are there.
Here’s what you can see across the street from the former Bank of America World Headquarters at 555 California betwixt Kearny and Montgomery in the Financh.
OMG, On My Guard:
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That’s right, it’s the art at the top of 580 California:
The postmodern, 107 m (351 ft), 23 story tower is … is topped with twelve statues described as “The Corporate Goddesses” by Muriel Castanis on the twenty-third floor.”
The LA Times calls these twelve statures “faceless rooftop wraiths.”
Yep.
Avert your gaze.
But these workers inside 580 have no choice:
Pray for them.
[UPDATE: Comment below or on this thread from a year ago…]
Oh, they’re making their way here right now, these yellow-orange Hooded Orioles.
Look for them in Dolores Park and the Presidio and Golden Gate Park and all over, basically.
As seen on Strawberry Hill, back in the day:
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I don’t know where these little yellow fellows go the rest of the year, but these days they’re in Golden Gate Park.
So if you see a flash of bright orangey-yellow up in the air, it very well could be a hooded oriole.
Here’s one at Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake from a few years back. This male has a blush of orange as is typical for this time of year – they generally have more of a pure yellow color at other times:
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(Or you might spot a similar-looking yellow-headed blackbird around town, but probably not.)
Look to the Skies for Signs and Wonders.
This pair of Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) are definitely taking a rest with their heads tucked in.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean they close their golden eyes…
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As seen in the Wildfowl Pond in the San Francisco Botanical Garden (nee Strybing) inside Golden Gate Park.
A very yellow bird, with a little bit of orange during mating season. (The yellow-headed blackbird looks similar, but is pretty much all black below the neck.)
Look for these guys hanging around ornamental fan palms this time of year.