I was stunned to see a resplendent Baltimore Oriole male sitting on my platform feeder a few minutes ago. Wish I had had my oranges and jelly out--but this is 6 days earlier than the earliest time I've previously seen them arrive here (in 2017). Average arrival date here is May 3.
He joins a lively yard full of birds including 6-8 Evening Grosbeaks still hanging around, 2 Purple Finches, and just today, the first Black-Throated Green Warbler (heard only). I live next to Shindagin Hollow State Forest. Happy Spring! Melissa Groo Caroline, NY -- Melissa Groo Associate Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers Wildlife Photography Columnist, Outdoor Photographer magazine Contributing Editor, Audubon magazine Ambassador, Project Coyote Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/melissagroo/> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/melissa.groo> Web site: www.melissagroo.com Ethics writings: https://linktr.ee/melgroo My online course on bird photography for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology <https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/product/bird-photography-with-melissa-groo/> . -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
