Yesterday we had a female Oriole drinking nectar from our Lungwort. She systematically worked through the many flowers. This was a first for me.
Regi "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky. > On May 10, 2016, at 11:32 AM, Andrew David Miller <andrew.mil...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > > I live a few houses down from Marie and it is remarkable how delayed things > are on the hill this year. We have lived here for three years and this is > the first year that the Orioles have shown any interest in orange slices that > we leave for them. The previous two years they have routinely fed on the > suet (which they are doing this year as well). However, they are going > through the orange slices at a rapid rate. Interestingly, we moved here from > eastern Massachusetts, where we routinely had orioles that fed on our suet. > > > We did have a few migrants in the yard yesterday evening include a > black-throated blue warbler, redstart, and chestnut-sided warbler. A catbird > returned yesterday. Surprisingly tree swallows, which have nested here every > year, have not returned. > > Andrew Miller > Ringwood Rd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-120469864-61975...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-120469864-61975...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:21 AM > To: Dave Gislason <dgif...@yahoo.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L > <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners - SUET! > > Hi Cayugabirders, > > I think it's very interesting how people are reporting orioles eating suet > this spring. Maybe this has been reported in previous years, but I don't > recall so. I'm wondering whether this change in diet is because so few of the > flowering trees are out (at least where I live and in the Cornell Plantations > Arboretum where I spend a lot of time). So the orioles are having a hard time > finding enough food (they like to sip nectar from tree flowers) . BTW, many > of the crabapples in the Arboretum were nailed by the super-cold snap a few > weeks back...I've been looking closely...there are few viable flower buds on > many of them, and leaves just struggling to come out now. The trees up here > seem awfully bare for mid-May. > > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > > Website: http://www.marieread.com > Follow me on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-120469816-5851...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-120469816-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Dave Gislason > [dgif...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:11 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners > > This morning my lone male Baltimore Oriole was joined by two others, plus two > females. They love the suet. > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
