Bullock's Oriole

Looks like this oriole's breeding range expands pretty far into the US interior. I wonder what's up with that tiny little dot in Texas. And I find it interesting that a finger of the winter range pokes into Guatemala. I also see that the a tiny coastal strip in Southern California where these guys were like, screw it, we're just staying here all year long.

One piece of interesting reading from the Birds of the World account is that these guys hybridize like crazy at the edges of their range with similar species, like Baltimore Orioles of the eastern U.S., the Black-backed Oriole of Central Mexico, and Hooded Orioles in the southwestern U.S.

I see from a handy dandy animated map on the Bird of the World profile (which I can't seem to figure out how to embed here) the Bullock's Orioles tend to start to show up in the North SF Bay Area by mid- to late March and they're in full force by mid-April. Neat!