Females are a dull or olive green on the top and mostly yellow on the bottom. The winter ranges are in American tropics and Southern Mexico southward. Winter habitat is often in a nest overhanging the city. The summer range is in Canada and central U.S, and also east of the Mississippi River. Summer habitat is often in American Elm trees.
Orioles breed in open woods, elms, and shaded trees.
A. Orioles are master weavers. Their nests hang from high limbs like a hammock or pouch. You can provide nesting material for them. You'll soon see the female flying off with the string, which she'll weave into the nest. When the leaves are gone next fall you may see your string high in the tree limb.