For example, a flock of swallows or orioles are sometimes regarded as a scene of prosperity and sometimes perceived as a horde of women, even, derogatorily, as flirtatious women.
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Other countries have the hoopee, the bee-eater and theoriole, and various birds of the same kind.
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You may not keep a hoopoe in a cage, or a goldenoriole, or a great grey shrike, but you may keep a ring dove or a kestrel in captivity.
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The remains of 84 bird specimens of 18 different species, including motmots, doves, trogons, cuckoos, wrens and orioles, were discovered at one spectral bat roost.
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The song of the moricheorioleis a squeaky whistling "heaaa-wheeooo-heaaa".
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The food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where the orioles spend much of their time.
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This area is rich in wildlife, including waterfowl, grebes, wrens, kingfishers, owls, orioles and woodpeckers.
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This is thought to reduce aggression by the friarbirds against the smaller orioles.
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The nesting habits of these birds are similarly variable, including pendulous woven nests in the oropendolas and orioles.
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Local birds include chachalaca, quail, dove, sparrow, goldfinch, orioles, hawks and eagles.
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Now the song rich as honey, of the black-headedoriolecalling pilgrims out of the dry land.
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She chases away the orioles to stop their singing in the first couplet.
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In flight, it joins mixed-species flocks that include orioles, jays, tanagers, and other birds of similar size.
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Golden orioles have an extremely large range with large populations that are apparently stable.
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The evolutionary history of this group of orioles is complex and there may be more cryptic species within the group.
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