THE COOLER WEATHER AND DRIZZLE HAS
BROUGHT THE ORIOLES INTO OUR YARD IN
SEARCH OF FOOD. THERE WERE AT LEAST 7
THIS MORNING. THE FEMALES HAVE FINALLY SHOWED UP!
JUST HAD SOME SQUAWKING GOING ON BESIDE THE DOOR.
LOOKED OUT TO SEE 3 ORIOLES AT THE SUET FEEDER.
MOST ACTIVITY IS IN THE GAZEBO.
I HAD PUT OUT SOME PINEAPPLE PEELINGS, APPLES AND
ORANGES THIS MORNING AND AT LAST COUNT, THERE WERE
9 ORIOLES IN VARIOUS PLACES.
I HAVE NOT FOUND AN ORIOLE NEST IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
GROWING UP WE USED TO HAVE A TALL COTTONWOOD TREE AND
FREQUENTLY HAD AN ORIOLE NESTING IN IT.
ANOTHER FEMALE AT THE SUET FEEDER WHICH IS ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. I MANAGED TO GET A FEW PICTURES!
AND THE FINCHES ARE BACK.
A BRIGHT DAY IN SPITE OF THE CLOUDS AND RAIN.
THE QUESTION IS, WILL I GET MY OUTSIDE WORK DONE
TODAY? OR WILL THE PRIORITY BE THE BIRDS?
THE WOODPECKER JUST CAME BY TO CLAIM SOME OF HIS SUET!
HE IS GONE AND A FEMALE ORIOLE IS BACK CHECKING IT OUT.
MORE PICTURES TOMORROW!
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