Bird scientists tell us the absence of orioles and hummingbirds, or at least the reduced numbers, are the result of our wetter than normal winter. The birds are not gone.

We then planted them throughout Southern California. By the 1920s hooded orioles were common summer birds as far north and west as Santa Barbara. As the Pacific Coast suburbanized, ...

Many exotic bird species have made Southern California their home, breeding and living here year-round, with several populations of these birds skyrocketing in recent years. Doug Willick, who ...

The term oriole wasn’t added to the bird’s name until decades later. Baltimore orioles are common in summer across most of the eastern states and southeastern Canada, with smaller numbers ...