Throughout the ages, the Oriole may have been the poet's favorite bird for poetry. Du Fu's two orioles sing green willows, a row of egrets ascend to the blue sky, Wang Wei's egrets flying in secluded swamps, mangoose platforms sing full of summer trees, Du Mu's a thousand miles of orioles sing green and reflect red, Shuicun Mountain country wine flag blows , Yan Shu's three or four o'clock moss on the pool, one or two o'clock leaf bottom oriole is also widely known. Among the thousands of birds in nature, why did poets like orioles and have a soft spot for them?

Exemplary of good looks

The Oriole is a medium-sized songbird and is a general term for 29 species of Oriole in the order Passerine. There are six species of oriole in China. Generally speaking, oriole refers to the common black-naped oriole, also known as oriole and yellow bird.

The black-naped oriole is beautiful and colorful, with sharp blood-red eyes, thick pink mouth and short, weak lead-blue feet. The most attractive thing about the oriole is its yellow plumage. The plumage of the male is golden, shiny, and very bright; the female plumage is yellow-green, light gray; the juveniles are similar to the females, but they have more dry black plumage. Both males and females have black wings and the middle of their tails. There are broad black lines on the sides of the head that run through the eyes to the pillow. These clever black accents make the Orioles gorgeous and elegant.

The Orioles are not only great looking, but they also cherish their feathers. They are mainly active in the tall canopy and rarely fall to the ground, so they are very clean. They like to live in groups and travel through the woods in pairs. Oriole flies on the wings of the breeze on a warm spring day, like a cloud floating in the air. Its body is beautiful and elegant, and its feathers are colorful.

A great example of a beautiful language

The developmental characteristics of oriole individual singing behavior and human language learning The process is very similar. The role of songs is similar to the human language system, which is conducive to the communication and connection between people. The difference is that the singing behavior of oriole has obvious gender differences and seasonal changes.

The Oriole often sings on quiet mornings. Male and female orioles connect and communicate by singing or chirping, while young orioles use chirping to seek food from their parents. During the breeding season, as gonads develop and sex hormones stimulate, male orioles are more active in courtship and display. They sing softly all day long and their voices are bouncy and magnetic. Sometimes, the oriole will sing, dance, sing, and fly in the waves.