Baltimore orioles spend the summer across eastern and central North America, especially in open woods, groves, and tree-lined edges. They breed from the U.S. into Canada, and are common in summer in places like Maryland and much of the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Southeast.

Quick Scoop

  • In summer, they are in their breeding range, not in the tropics.
  • They favor open woods, riverside groves, shade trees, and sometimes urban areas with good trees.
  • Their winter range is far south, mostly in tropical regions, so summer is when they’re back north nesting and raising young.

In plain English

If you mean the bird, Baltimore orioles “spend the summer” in North American trees, where they sing, nest, and feed on insects and fruit.

If you mean the baseball team, the Orioles spend summer playing games in Baltimore and on the road as part of the MLB season.

Fast fact

Summer for the bird is their breeding season, and by late summer they begin moving south again.