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| | SDNHM Focus on Scott's, Bullock's, and Hooded Orioles |
 | | The diversity of places where the Scott's Orioles have been found wintering, especially this past winter, has led me to a hypothesis: Scott's Oriole is not a migrant governed by the calendar in the same way as the Bullock's and Hooded Orioles, which arrive and depart almost like clockwork each year. |
 | | As in the corresponding plumages of the Hooded, the belly and undertail coverts are yellow, albeit a darker muted yellow. |
 | | While Scott's Oriole is now revealed as a regular winter visitor in the inland regions of San Diego County, it seems to avoid the coastthough this may be an artifact of the elimination of cactus thickets with urbanization. |
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