For the first time I have Bullock’s Orioles in my yard in Aurora. I’ve been seeing 3-4 regularly the past few weeks. They come to the Suet feeder and are even eating sunflower hearts. They have plenty of insects available. They do a great job of intimidating the flocks of young starlings and blackbirds from the suet feeders and water fountains. The nesting flickers don’t mind sharing suet with them and seem to feed more when they are there. The flickers have been great at defending the nest boxes from all of the starlings, thanks to help from the orioles.
I thought they were nesting in Horseshoe Park, with the zillions of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles, but one pair is nesting in a nearby Cottonwood Tree and I found another nest a few blocks away in a very large Maple. My best guess is they are trying to nest further away from the blackbirds/grackles. Allison Hilf Aurora, CO > On Jun 11, 2020, at 7:20 AM, David Gulbenkian <dgulbenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Haven't seen an oriole this year. None in the Wheatridge Greenbelt. > Why not? > David G. Jeffco > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/90eef8e3-bb3b-42e7-86e5-83580a6a43dfo%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/90eef8e3-bb3b-42e7-86e5-83580a6a43dfo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B48EBF38-1998-4610-8EC2-EEF38DAACCE1%40gmail.com.
