Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
updated 11/14: Blackbird, Bobolink, Cowbird, Grackle, Meadowlark, Oriole

"Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",

"Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Royal Front, VA",

"Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/3) Rocky Point Resort, Klamath Falls, OR",

"Black-cowled Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Black-cowled Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica",

"Boat-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani)",

"Boat-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL",

"Boat-tailed Grackle - female (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL",

"Boat-tail Grackle - female (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL",

"Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Bobolinke (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Bobolinke (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Audubon-sponsored wildlife survey",

"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Audubon-sponsored wildlife survey",

"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Audubon-sponsored wildlife survey",

"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Wildlife Monitoring Project",

"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",

"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani 6/17) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",

"Brewer's Blackbird - immature (© Nick Viani) Collier Day Use Area, Klamath Falls",

"Brewer's Blackbird female (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve, Ashland",

"Brewers Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR",

"Brewers Blackbird - male (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR",

"Bronzed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida",

"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transects",

"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR",

"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Spur Road Trail",

"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL",

"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge",

"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR",

"Brown-headed Cowbird and its surrogate "parent" (Western Tanager) (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR - An example of "brood/nest parasitism" where a cowbird allegedly placed an egg into the Tanager's nest who then treats it as i

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transects",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Mount Ashland flower trail, Pacific Crest Trail",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Putnam's Point, Klamath County",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) River Walk Park, Ashland, OR",

"Bullock's Oriole(© Nick Viani 5/14) Bear Creek Greenway. Nest building.",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway",

"Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts",

"Bullock's Oriole (female) (© Nick Viani) Farewell Bend CG, Huntington, OR (on the Snake River)",

"Bullock's Oriole - female (© Nick Viani) Ashland Greenway",

"Bullock's Oriole - Immature (© Nick Viani) Rocky Point Boat Launch",

"Bullock's Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Ash. Greenway",

"Bullock's Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Farewell Bend CG, Huntington, OR (on the Snake River)",

"Bullock's Oriole Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB",

"Bullock's Oriole with nesting material (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A",

"Bullocks Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) bathing on boat ramp at Petric Park",

"Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) Washington DC",

"Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",

"Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath County",

"Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath County, OR",

"Feeder Acrobatics (© Nick Viani 3/28)",

"Grackle",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 4/10) Cattail Cove State Park, Arizona",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica",

"Great-tailed Grackle - female (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak",

"Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",

"Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",

"Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",

"Hooded Oriole - date palm (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",

"Hooded Oriole - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",

"Meadowlark (© Nick Viani)",

"Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",

"Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Vesper Meadows",

"Meadowlark - on sage (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Melodious Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica",

"Orchard Oriole (© Nick Viani) Washington, DC",

"Red-tailed Hawk & Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani)",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Ashland, OR",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Denman Wildlife Area",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Ashland, OR",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Wildlife Monitoring Project",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Pine Nursery Community Park, Bend, OR",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Rocky Point.",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 5/21) Oak Knoll Golf Course",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 7/7) Bear Creek Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transit",

"Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani)",

"Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Lyn Newbry Transect A, Bear Creek Greenway Bird Survey",

"Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Zumwalt Nature Preserve, Enterprise, OR",

"Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona",

"Red-winged Blackbird - female) (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park",

"Red-winged Blackbird female (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Creek transact",

"Red-winged Blackbird female (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR",

"Redwing Blackbird (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",

"Redwing Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ",

"Rusty Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska",

"Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",

"Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani 3/28)",

"Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani 3/28)",

"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Merced National Wildlife Refuge",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA",

"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Tule Lake Wetlands, Klamath County",

"Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/9) Ammo Pond, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Yellow-headed & Red-winged Blackbirds (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake, OR",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird and mosquitos (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR",

"Yellow-headed Blackbirde (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird female (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",

"Yellow-headed Blackbird females (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area",

Brewers Blackbird - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR

North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird