Bag Makers – Bolseros

oriole nestThe Tico/spanish name for the Oriole is “Bolsero” meaning “bag maker”.  When I saw a nest recently in Palo Verde National Park, I understood why.  The nests hang out over the road – I suppose that clear air space is insurance against egg theft from predators.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this: