I saw an Orchard Oriole today as well, my very first! We have a hummingbird feeder up by a huge window in the living room. I had the screen down so I could clean it and as I was walking back to put the screen back in I saw a small-medium sized bird sitting on the hummingbird feeder. Something scared it(probably me) and it flew right in the house. Both the cat and dog instantly started chasing the poor guy, so he flew into windows multiple times before I could get the animals out of the room. I opened all the windows, let him sit for a few minutes, then gently shooed him out. He flew off just fine, so I hope he wasn't to hurt, but I got a great close up view of him.
LOL! as I am writing this, a female cardinal flew into the room too. There is the last suet cake right by the hummingbird feeder too. The female cardinal usually hits it a few times a day, today she flew right in, did a big loop into the dining room, and flew out another window. Guess I better put the screens back up! On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Scott Haber <scotthab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Susan Newman and I just spent a few minutes watching the young male Orchard > Oriole with Mark Chao at Sapsucker Woods. The bird was singing constantly, > spending most of his time in the trees in the gravel parking area at Kip's > Barn (on the east side of the building). Several times, he flew north > across Sapsucker Woods Road to the flowering Black Locusts on the hill just > across the road from the barn. It was interesting to note that the bird was > singing in flight as well, something I've never noticed in previous > encounters with this species. Mark also noticed that the bird is starting > to show streaks of the chestnut-brown on his breast that will be more > extensive as a full adult. > > -Scott > > -- > *Scott A. Haber* > *Content Manager - Merlin* > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. - #295A > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > Office: (607) 254-1102 > Email: sa...@cornell.edu > -- > *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/ --
