On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out a window overlooking our front yard and spotted something orange colored on our dogwood tree. We grabbed the binoculars and could hardly believe our eyes upon seeing a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole on our mealworm feeder hanging from the tree! The same thing happened to us in late March of last year and the first bird was joined by a immature bird about two weeks later. We had high hopes that the second bird might be a female and that they would stay and nest with us, but they left about five weeks after the male arrived. Sad times---needless to say we checked many times hoping that they were still in the neighborhood! We have been waiting to post hoping for some better images, but most times he flies directly to the jelly or mealworm feeder. The only extended time we have seen him on a limb was during the recent snowstorm, and have included two of those images!
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out a window overlooking our front yard and spotted something orange colored on our dogwood tree. We grabbed the binoculars and could hardly believe our eyes upon seeing a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole on our mealworm feeder hanging from the tree! The same thing happened to us in late March of last year and the first bird was joined by a immature bird about two weeks later. We had high hopes that the second bird might be a female and that they would stay and nest with us, but they left about five weeks after the male arrived. Sad times---needless to say we checked many times hoping that they were still in the neighborhood! We have been waiting to post hoping for some better images, but most times he flies directly to the jelly or mealworm feeder. The only extended time we have seen him on a limb was during the recent snowstorm, and have included two of those images!
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out ... (show quote)
beautiful images. My favorite is the second from last, through the branches.
Thanks you very much, NoSocks, and thanks for the heads up on no image, and when I saw that just about panicked, as I have only posted twice since the system was changed, but this system allows you to correct mistakes much easier than the old way!
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out a window overlooking our front yard and spotted something orange colored on our dogwood tree. We grabbed the binoculars and could hardly believe our eyes upon seeing a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole on our mealworm feeder hanging from the tree! The same thing happened to us in late March of last year and the first bird was joined by a immature bird about two weeks later. We had high hopes that the second bird might be a female and that they would stay and nest with us, but they left about five weeks after the male arrived. Sad times---needless to say we checked many times hoping that they were still in the neighborhood! We have been waiting to post hoping for some better images, but most times he flies directly to the jelly or mealworm feeder. The only extended time we have seen him on a limb was during the recent snowstorm, and have included two of those images!
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out ... (show quote)
Carolina WingsLoc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania
Swamp-Cork wrote:
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out a window overlooking our front yard and spotted something orange colored on our dogwood tree. We grabbed the binoculars and could hardly believe our eyes upon seeing a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole on our mealworm feeder hanging from the tree! The same thing happened to us in late March of last year and the first bird was joined by a immature bird about two weeks later. We had high hopes that the second bird might be a female and that they would stay and nest with us, but they left about five weeks after the male arrived. Sad times---needless to say we checked many times hoping that they were still in the neighborhood! We have been waiting to post hoping for some better images, but most times he flies directly to the jelly or mealworm feeder. The only extended time we have seen him on a limb was during the recent snowstorm, and have included two of those images!
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out ... (show quote)
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out a window overlooking our front yard and spotted something orange colored on our dogwood tree. We grabbed the binoculars and could hardly believe our eyes upon seeing a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole on our mealworm feeder hanging from the tree! The same thing happened to us in late March of last year and the first bird was joined by a immature bird about two weeks later. We had high hopes that the second bird might be a female and that they would stay and nest with us, but they left about five weeks after the male arrived. Sad times---needless to say we checked many times hoping that they were still in the neighborhood! We have been waiting to post hoping for some better images, but most times he flies directly to the jelly or mealworm feeder. The only extended time we have seen him on a limb was during the recent snowstorm, and have included two of those images!
On December 20th Ellen happened to be looking out ... (show quote)