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In summer, Baltimore Orioles feed mostly on insects, especially caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers, wasps, bugs, as well as spiders and snails. They will eat berries and sometimes cultivated fruit, visit flowers for nectar and, as I learned after seeing them at the hummingbird feeder, they will come to sugar-water feeders just like mine.
I researched and learned the first couple of weeks of May is their migration time. That’s an orange slice on the feeder because I read Orioles like oranges. In size, these songbirds are smaller and more slender than an American Robin. Adult males are bright orange and black, with a solid-black head and one white bar on their black wings. Females and immature males are yellow-orange on the breast, grayish on the head and back, with two bold white wing bars.
I don’t think the hummingbirds shared my excitement about newcomers at the feeder!
Who’s visiting your yard these days?
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What a beautiful shot!
I enjoyed your Favorite Five at Laura's today. I couldn't find where to leave a comment, so I wanted to thank you here. Some of the house plants are new to me. Love the little purple blooms.
I have never seen this bird in person and what a joy it truly must be.
Thank you so very much for guest posting on Decor To Adore today.
Beautiful bird….I've never seen one in our neck of the woods!
So pretty! I haven't been able to "look" at the birds here yet but I did "hear" mourning doves this a.m.
Wow! Wow! Wow! I would be so excited to see that too – wonderful photos!! I guess the orange worked!
What a beautiful bird it is! I would be excited too 🙂
I love hummingbirds! You captured this one so beautifully. I love the orange color. Amazing!
Blessings and love,
Debbie
What gorgeous pics!! Happy week!!!
Beautiful photos Lorraine, I would be tickled pink if I saw one of those at my feeders.
You did a great job in keeping the camera still while you captured these outstanding photos. What fun to discover your little visitors.
Wow amazing birds, I would love to see some like that here in the UK!
I'm sure that was a delightful surprise! I have read that orioles nest high in trees, consequently, although they are around, we seldom see them. He is gorgeous!
What a beautiful bird.
Beautiful! and they posed so nicely for you!
Lucky!!! Great captures! Your timing was perfect with that orange. Thanks for sharing, your photos are beautiful.
Well you put out the orange and they came, how cool. And you got some gorgeous photos. What rich and vibrant color! But I know you wish they had stayed but hummingbird is probably happy. We have lots of birds in our yard but more the bluejay, robin and cardinal and occasional dove. But the other night at dusk I was on the porch when I heard snorting and up came the deer. They usually are morning visitors.
Gorgeous! And I would have been excited too! Oh well, at least you've seen them:@)
How exciting! They're such beautiful birds and fun to watch.
Absolutely adorable and heartwarming. Blessings, Catherine
I love these photos. They're wonderful. And what a beautiful shot of the hummingbird. We have lots of Chickadees, blue-jays and wood-peckers right now. I have a Chickadee nesting at our front door. I did see my first hummingbird at one of my client's homes last week. Deb
What a treat it must have been to see such a pretty bird at your feeder. We have lots of hummingbirds visiting, and there are the usual ravens and eagles (way high!) but the loveliest are the big, fat robins. Yesterday I saw two on the gate, and waited until they'd flown away before going through, so as not to disturb them.
Oh my goodness! How beautiful. Your photos are amazing. That is wonderful you were able to capture such beauty. Visiting from Beauty Observed. Blessings.
What stunning color you captured!! We have a pair of orioles that nest in our walnut tree (right outside my lucky daughter's bedroom window!) but they have never come to our feeders. Knowing a little more about the timing encourages me to try those oranges again. 🙂
Wow,what a nice surprise to see one of these pretty birds at the bird feeder! I'm glad you were able to capture these photos! And yes, I think you are right about the hummingbirds not wanting to share. The ones we have around here will even fight off the other hummingbirds! 🙂
Wow,what a nice surprise to see one of these pretty birds at the bird feeder! I'm glad you were able to capture these photos! And yes, I think you are right about the hummingbirds not wanting to share. The ones we have around here will even fight off the other hummingbirds! 🙂
Your photos are so pretty! =)
I love photos of pretty birds.
Have a wonderful weekend!
wow, he's so pretty. I was just reading the other day that they like to feed at hummingbird feeders. I didn't know that
I saw a HUGE Robin yesterday on the back of our chair outside. Didn't get my camera out in time though. Your photos are gorgeous!!
Blessings~
I saw a HUGE Robin yesterday on the back of our chair outside. Didn't get my camera out in time though. Your photos are gorgeous!!
Blessings~
Your photos are breath-taking! Wow…and more wow. How delightful! Lets see….we have a bird that built her nest on the front porch light…we will relocate that one, because we have one on the back of the house too. Lots of robins and those birds that eat roadkill. I've heard cardinals but haven't seen them. And oh..oh…I hope for a mockingbird to make it this far north. I do so love them. We've had them occasionally up here in Pa. Have a blessed day Lorraine! You are a blessing to me many times over.
Oh wow…what a treat for sure! I have never seen one…except in books. Don't know if they fly through this part of NC during migration or not. I have never seen a lemon on a hummer feeder either…can you shed some light on that?
I would be excited too. Those are fantastic photos.
FlowerLady