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Hooded Oriole
Green Valley, Arizona
During the winter months, the ocotillo plant, sometimes known in English as coachman's whip, looks like a spindly, dead cactus. Its branches are completely devoid of flowers or leaves, and contain nothing but an array of pale grey spines. Once the calendar switches to spring, however, they come back to life with a burst of color, sprouting bright red and orange flowers that attract a host of desert animals. Hummingbirds, warblers, and insects all come in to feed on the nectar, but none turn quite as many heads as the hooded oriole. These birds are larger than just about anything else that comes to blooming ocotillos, and with their garish orange and jet black coloration, it's hard not to notice when one drops in. I photographed this male between Tucson and Nogales, Arizona as the sun was coming up over the Santa Rita Mountains.
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