The Black-hooded Oriole is a widespread resident in India and its striking yellow plumage with a black hood stands out amongst the vegetation. Open broad-leafed forests are their primary habitat, however it is not uncommon to sight them in well-wooded areas like village groves and plantations. The immature have yellow forehead, streaked throat and not so solid black hoods.
Here's a collection of images put together from a couple of sightings of this vibrant bird taken in the Kaziranga and Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuaries. All images have been taken with the D300, 300mm f2.8 mounted with 2x TC.
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Thomas excellent photo gallery. The bird is very nice looking one. Thanks for sharing and hope all is well. Anna :)
the bird is beautiful and so are the photographs!
wow, such a beauty and your photos are gorgeous!
I didn't realize you had any species of orioles there! How absolutely lovely!
Gorgeous shots. Love the bright yellow color of the bird.
Visit to Madhav National Park
This species seems different to the Black Headed Oriole (Orolus xanthornus)found in Sri Lanka. I did a port on them recently.
http://devwijewardane.blogspot.com/2010/03/black-hooded-oriole.html
Very sharp and clear pictures you have got there. We have only one place -Langkawai Island that has a few of this bird. We have to be there at around 8.30-9.30 am to see the family of about 3 birds to make its appearance. See how lucky you are!
Nice sharp shots. I myself featured a few shots of an immature Black headed oriole from Kerala on my blog 2 months back (taken with my minolta 500mm reflex lens). Also did you find any other orioles in Kaziranga/Bandhipur? We also have the Eurasian golden oriole and the Black-naped ones.
(http://naturemagnified.blogspot.com/search/label/Oriole)
What an amazing bird - the colour is spectacular. Gorgeous shots as usual.
Sue McB
Sheer beauties...Vibrant they truly are!
Beautiful, frame-filling captures of the fascinating bird. The unusual bright yellow color is really stunning!
Another great serie.
I suppose it was a difficult light condition,but you shot the pictures at the best.
Bye
Thanks for great pics. So similar to our Black-Headed Oriole which has a red beak
I gotta get a 300mm and a teleconverter, these are great! Excellent clarity and colors. These are quite difference in appearance from their north american cousins.
That's a real beauty Thomas.
Excellent shots.
great shot! The composition in the third photo is amazing! and the colors are lovely too!
What an gorgeous yellow color. Beautiful images all of them.
What a stunning bird. you captured great poses and super detail there.
Excellent! In particular, I like the third one.
Hi Thomas,
The two last shots are exquisite! Ouah what a beautiful bird and what a nice set of pictures. You do have fantastic skills and added with the beautiful light and this magnificent bird, these shots are simply fantastic
What a nice oriole. Well captured image..as usual ;)
Nice collection of photos!
Thom,
very sharp and clear photos,
ah!if i can get hold of your lenses! Hah! hah!
jeez.. that's one beautiful specimen! wonderful captures.. :)
great clarity of this lovely bird. love the composition on all of these photos!
excellent work, as always...thank you!
i saw this fella while on a trek to amedikallu, but was not carrying my tele photo lens. ur shots are beautiful as always
A beautiful yellow colored bird - I hadn`t never seen. Great portraits.
What a delightful looking bird and I love how well you captured his expressions. Your entry image is my favorie one, yet all are really splendid!
this little yellow bird is really cute, excellent shots
Most beautiful photography! What a lovely bird!
Wonderful photos!
wow beautiful bird and great captures...nice one...
~M
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What a beauty !! Great capture
Nice captures, and what a wonderful contrast of colors in this bird, Thomas. The last one has to be my favorite of the lot.
nice series of fantastic shots! the Oriole is so vibrant.
What a beautiful bird this is.
Remembering spotting this bird up so close in Sindhudurg and I was so excited
These are lovely photos. We have them here in Assam but, as my experiencing has been, these are notoriously shy birds. Even a glance at them is enough to send them flying.
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