Re: [cayugabirds-l] orange-eaters
Very cool. Lucky you, Eben. Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2014, at 6:40 PM, "Marie P. Read" wrote: > > WOW this is cool behavior! Like shrikes…only vegetarian! > > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > > http://www.marieread.com > > Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: > > http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE > > From: bounce-115465004-5851...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-115465004-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Eben McLane > [etmcl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 6:29 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] orange-eaters > > I’ve noted recently that orange-halves on the porch railing for orioles were > disappearing — not just pushed off the railing into the grass below. I > assumed crows. But this afternoon I came across one of the oranges impaled on > a hawthorn spike near the forrest edge, and I later saw a female > Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeding on the orange. A few hours later, pausing > while mowing the lawn, I saw a male B. Oriole knock an orange off the porch > railing onto the ground, dislodging some hungry black ants in the process; > then the oriole proceeded, with some comic difficulty, to convey the orange > half into the hawthorn/buckthorn grove, and then to secure the orange onto a > stout thorn. Very soon after, a female oriole arrived and had an orange meal > — courtesy of Wegman’s. > > I’ve not seen this behavior before, but I like it. From now on, I’m going to > spike my oranges on hawthorns. > > Eben > -- > > 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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] orange-eaters
WOW this is cool behavior! Like shrikes…only vegetarian! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE From: bounce-115465004-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-115465004-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Eben McLane [etmcl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 6:29 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] orange-eaters I’ve noted recently that orange-halves on the porch railing for orioles were disappearing — not just pushed off the railing into the grass below. I assumed crows. But this afternoon I came across one of the oranges impaled on a hawthorn spike near the forrest edge, and I later saw a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeding on the orange. A few hours later, pausing while mowing the lawn, I saw a male B. Oriole knock an orange off the porch railing onto the ground, dislodging some hungry black ants in the process; then the oriole proceeded, with some comic difficulty, to convey the orange half into the hawthorn/buckthorn grove, and then to secure the orange onto a stout thorn. Very soon after, a female oriole arrived and had an orange meal — courtesy of Wegman’s. I’ve not seen this behavior before, but I like it. From now on, I’m going to spike my oranges on hawthorns. Eben -- 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] orange-eaters
I’ve noted recently that orange-halves on the porch railing for orioles were disappearing — not just pushed off the railing into the grass below. I assumed crows. But this afternoon I came across one of the oranges impaled on a hawthorn spike near the forrest edge, and I later saw a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeding on the orange. A few hours later, pausing while mowing the lawn, I saw a male B. Oriole knock an orange off the porch railing onto the ground, dislodging some hungry black ants in the process; then the oriole proceeded, with some comic difficulty, to convey the orange half into the hawthorn/buckthorn grove, and then to secure the orange onto a stout thorn. Very soon after, a female oriole arrived and had an orange meal — courtesy of Wegman’s. I’ve not seen this behavior before, but I like it. From now on, I’m going to spike my oranges on hawthorns. Eben -- 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/ --
