I found it very interesting that the Orioles have been coming to the suet. They've never touched the suet here. They just go to the jelly feeders. They've never touched the oranges I put out either. They must like the sugar high from the jelly.
Sent from my iPad > On May 10, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Regi Teasley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marie P. >> Read >> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:21 AM >> To: Dave Gislason <[email protected]>; CAYUGABIRDS-L >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners - SUET! >> >> Hi Cayugabirders, >> -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
