[cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Donna Lee Scott]

Orioles back at jelly feeders more now, & a few are fighting over my 2 separate 
dishes, even tho there is enough room for two at each hanging dish! :-)

Meanwhile, fledged Oriole babies seen, including one in road in 600 block. I 
picked it up & put it in a clear area well off road, back of tall weeds.
Parents were calling above me , so I hope they can feed it till it can fly. 
Baby was feisty & calling squeakily, too!

They often build nests on branches hanging over roads! Surprised I don’t see 
more fledges in road.

Sarah B showed me a fledged, flying baby Oriole in her yard. Nest is right out 
from Sarah’s 2nd story back deck.
Both these babies had yet to grow long tail feathers.

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles and Rose breasted Grosbeak galore!

[Misao Johnson]

Today our feeder was frequented by male and female Baltimore Orioles (two
pairs) and three male Rose-breasted Grosbeak and two females all day long.
The male Baltimore Oriole seemed to be interested only in the orange slice,
whereas the females only ate the sunflower seeds.
A FOY sighting of a Ruby-throated hummingbird at our crabapple tree.
What a colorful spectacle!

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles! 2 species!

[Marie P. Read]

Well, that was a first for my yard: a Baltimore AND an Orchard Oriole on an 
orange-half at once (well, for a second anyway). The latter is a new yard 
species for me.

Spring!
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Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles, turkeys

[Donna Lee Scott]

From: Donna Lee Scott mailto:d...@cornell.edu>>
Date: August 9, 2020 at 2:17:06 PM EDT
To: Jill Vaughan mailto:jil...@gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles, turkeys

This is the first year I’ve had so many Orioles.  earlier I had at least a 
dozen or more BOs  here +4 Orchard orioles.

BOs went away (or didn’t use feeders) for a month.
 OOs disappeared.
But I did have at least 3-4 BO nests in or near yard.
So I think now one BO family is back eating jelly.
But of course, it could just be a family passing through on their way south.

Gotta go refill jelly holders!

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On Aug 9, 2020, at 1:49 PM, Jill Vaughan 
mailto:jil...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Donna, do your Orioles usually stay on this late?

On Aug 9, 2020, at 1:34 PM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

 Seen all day at my jelly feeders, 2 “1st fall” male Baltimore Orioles , along 
with both parents, occasionally.
Catbirds have been here all along eating grape jelly.

And on Algerine Rd. Lansing, ~200 block -
 5 Wild Turkeys; 1 probably mother of other 4. Based on the behavior of the 4, 
I decided they were young turkeys; they had a very hard time figuring out how 
to get past some 2.5’ high weeds in ditch to join mother on other side. She had 
just flown over the weeds. Finally one youth flew over & the other 3 were still 
scurrying back & forth when I finally had to leave. They were all gone when I 
returned 2.5 hours later!

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles, turkeys

[Donna Lee Scott]

Seen all day at my jelly feeders, 2 “1st fall” male Baltimore Orioles , along 
with both parents, occasionally.
Catbirds have been here all along eating grape jelly.

And on Algerine Rd. Lansing, ~200 block -
 5 Wild Turkeys; 1 probably mother of other 4. Based on the behavior of the 4, 
I decided they were young turkeys; they had a very hard time figuring out how 
to get past some 2.5’ high weeds in ditch to join mother on other side. She had 
just flown over the weeds. Finally one youth flew over & the other 3 were still 
scurrying back & forth when I finally had to leave. They were all gone when I 
returned 2.5 hours later!

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles!

[Donna Lee Scott]

With ~8 Baltimore Os & ~2 Orchard Os, there’s a lot of vying for the 4 jelly & 
orange stations here!

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles eating tomatoes

[psaracin]

Folks I'm getting a complaint that Orioles have been eating a friend's 
tomatoes. Might this be true? Thanks much.Pete Saracino Sent from my Verizon, 
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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Carol Keeler]

It’s certainly been a year for Orioles.  I have at least three males and two 
females.  The surprise today was having two Orchard Orioles show up.  One is a 
female.  The male looks like a first summer male in Sibley.  They like the 
oranges and grape jelly so maybe they will stay around.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Sally Eller]

We had 3 or 4 Orioles at our feeders yesterday. They were enjoying the
hummingbird feeders and devoured an orange. Hope they are still here today!

Also, had hummingbirds on the 10th.

Sally and Tim Eller
Town of Romulus
Route 89, lakeside

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> After a slow start the Baltimore Orioles are entertaining us at our
> feeders here in Lansing.  What appears to be 2 pair seem to prefer the
> hummingbird feeder and peanuts. We’ll put out fruit or jam later today.
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[Tom]

After a slow start the Baltimore Orioles are entertaining us at our feeders 
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feeder and peanuts. We’ll put out fruit or jam later today.

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles back at Beebe

[Ian Price]

I’ve been popping over from lab every few days when I get a chance during
lunch and as of today (as far as I know) the Baltimore orioles are back at
Beebe Lake on Cornell campus! There were at least 3 males and at least one
female hanging around last year. Maybe the same ones now?

Also seen were palm warblers and yellow-rumped warblers, among our other
favorites.

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles, RB Grosbeak

[Donna Lee Scott]

At least 2 B. ORIOLES, males.
Male ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK here & at Sarah Bloddgett’s house, along with 
YELLOW RUMPED WARBLERS & the usual colorful resident Blue Jays, Cardinals, 
White Throated Sparrows & Goldfinches.

And the sun is shining thru the lake mist temporarily (acc. to the weather 
forecast)!

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Lansing Station Rd.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] orioles and appleblossoms?

[Linda Callahan]

Orioles do consume nectar. That's probably what they're after.

On Tue, May 15, 2018, 2:43 PM Melanie Uhlir  wrote:

> I have very much been enjoying the glorious and fragrant blossoms of
> crabapple trees, especially at the collection of said trees in the F.R.
> Newman Arboretum. I have further been delighted by the frequenting of
> these trees by orioles (I've only seen males so far). I am curious if
> anyone knows what they are gleaning from the buds and blossoms. They do
> not appear to be eating the buds or flower petals. They delicately put
> the bills in the blossoms, coming away with something that is invisible
> to me. Nectar? Pollen? Tiny insects? Stamens? Whatever they are doing it
> is certainly lovely to watch. And they like it so much that I saw two
> males in one tree seemingly oblivious to each other.
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[cayugabirds-l] orioles and appleblossoms?

[Melanie Uhlir]

I have very much been enjoying the glorious and fragrant blossoms of 
crabapple trees, especially at the collection of said trees in the F.R. 
Newman Arboretum. I have further been delighted by the frequenting of 
these trees by orioles (I've only seen males so far). I am curious if 
anyone knows what they are gleaning from the buds and blossoms. They do 
not appear to be eating the buds or flower petals. They delicately put 
the bills in the blossoms, coming away with something that is invisible 
to me. Nectar? Pollen? Tiny insects? Stamens? Whatever they are doing it 
is certainly lovely to watch. And they like it so much that I saw two 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Dave Nutter]

Late this morning Reuben & I met and birded around Treman Marina, and again 
there were both species of oriole singing. We saw a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE where 
the grass path makes a 90° left turn as you walk out toward the lake. After 
Reuben had to leave I saw a singing male ORCHARD ORIOLE in the top of the 
northwestern-most Cottonwoods in the Hog Hole swamp. In the tops of tall 
Willows and Cottonwoods in a couple parts of the park were also 
BLACK-AND-WHITE, YELLOW, PALM, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, RUBY-CROWNED 
KINGLETS, and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS. It was challenging to scope tiny birds 
among the Cottonwood flowers so high, but this is just the beginning of 
warblering. Only the Willows have any leaves yet. 

Also of note: 
* One OSPREY is apparently incubating on the platform nest in the middle of the 
field while a second perched above; 
* An adult BALD EAGLE perched overlooking the Inlet; 
* A male and female NORTHERN FLICKER stood in the grass facing each other with 
bills held high. They danced slightly from side to side so as to see and be 
seen extremely well with each eye. My SFO group saw similar behavior at Long 
Point SP on Saturday between 2 males, an encounter which eventually ended in 
aerial combat and a chase. 
--Dave Nutter


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> State Marine Park on Monday morning, 24 April.
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Reuben Stoltzfus found both BALTIMORE & ORCHARD ORIOLE at Allan H Treman State 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles at suet

[Therese O'Connor]

I've had 4 Baltimore orioles and 4 Rose breasted grosbeak at suet and
feeders for the past 2 days.
Meadowlark Rd, Northeast Ithaca.
Therese O'Connor

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Donna Scott  wrote:

> Here at Lansing Station rd we have a fair amount of open apple blossoms
> which look mostly normal, but I just observed 2 Orioles eating suet at my
> deck feeder area.
> So I filled the drilled-out holes of my suet log with bark butter & put
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> I have at least 2 pairs of B. Orioles around.
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[Donna Scott]

Here at Lansing Station rd we have a fair amount of open apple blossoms which 
look mostly normal, but I just observed 2 Orioles eating suet at my deck feeder 
area. 
So I filled the drilled-out holes of my suet log with bark butter & put cut 
oranges on nearby small tree branches. 
I have at least 2 pairs of B. Orioles around. 
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[Tom]

Our pair of Baltimore orioles arrived 3 or 4 days ago.  I heard the male soon 
after they arrived, but only got a glimpse of him last evening.

Every year I struck by how difficult it can be to get sight of such a noisy, 
bright orange bird.

I'm glad they're back.

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Karel V. Sedlacek]

We have found that nailing orange halves to the siding of our house helps!  
Glad they are back for you!
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[mailto:bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles
Our pair of Baltimore orioles arrived 3 or 4 days ago.  I heard the male soon 
after they arrived, but only got a glimpse of him last evening.
Every year I struck by how difficult it can be to get sight of such a noisy, 
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I'm glad they're back.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Carol Keeler]

The Orioles at my house won't eat oranges.  What they eat is grape jelly.  I 
also get Catbirds, House Finches, and House Sparrows eating the jelly.  One 
year a Robin used to come.  A Goldfinch tried it this year but found it not to 
his liking.

Sent from my iPad

 On May 15, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Karel V. Sedlacek k...@cornell.edu wrote:
 
 We have found that nailing orange halves to the siding of our house helps!  
 Glad they are back for you!
 -Original Message-
 From: bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu 
 [mailto:bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom
 Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 11:51 AM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles
 Our pair of Baltimore orioles arrived 3 or 4 days ago.  I heard the male soon 
 after they arrived, but only got a glimpse of him last evening.
 Every year I struck by how difficult it can be to get sight of such a noisy, 
 bright orange bird.
 I'm glad they're back.
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi Cayuga birders, 

It is known that some of the species of birds do not feed on sucrose that is 
regular sugar and they can't digest those sugars. So all of them are not sugar 
lowers. I have list of species that don't like sugar. I will dig it and post it 
sometimes. So the waxwings feed on fruits of crab apple and crab apple has very 
minute amount of sucrose, most of it is sorbitol an alcohol of the sugar called 
polyols and  glucose, fructose and other hexoses and pentoses like xylose etc. 
Robin is one of them who does not like sucrose at least according to the paper.

More later. 

Meena


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[mailto:bounce-119240312-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Keeler
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 1:19 PM
To: Karel V. Sedlacek
Cc: atvaw...@gmail.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

The Orioles at my house won't eat oranges.  What they eat is grape jelly.  I 
also get Catbirds, House Finches, and House Sparrows eating the jelly.  One 
year a Robin used to come.  A Goldfinch tried it this year but found it not to 
his liking.

Sent from my iPad

 On May 15, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Karel V. Sedlacek k...@cornell.edu wrote:
 
 We have found that nailing orange halves to the siding of our house helps!  
 Glad they are back for you!
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 [mailto:bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom
 Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 11:51 AM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles
 Our pair of Baltimore orioles arrived 3 or 4 days ago.  I heard the male soon 
 after they arrived, but only got a glimpse of him last evening.
 Every year I struck by how difficult it can be to get sight of such a noisy, 
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 I'm glad they're back.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles

[Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm]

How do you feed grape jelly?

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Carol Keeler carolk...@adelphia.net
wrote:

 The Orioles at my house won't eat oranges.  What they eat is grape jelly.
 I also get Catbirds, House Finches, and House Sparrows eating the jelly.
 One year a Robin used to come.  A Goldfinch tried it this year but found it
 not to his liking.

 Sent from my iPad

  On May 15, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Karel V. Sedlacek k...@cornell.edu
 wrote:
 
  We have found that nailing orange halves to the siding of our house
 helps!  Glad they are back for you!
  -Original Message-
  From: bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
 bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom
  Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 11:51 AM
  To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles
  Our pair of Baltimore orioles arrived 3 or 4 days ago.  I heard the male
 soon after they arrived, but only got a glimpse of him last evening.
  Every year I struck by how difficult it can be to get sight of such a
 noisy, bright orange bird.
  I'm glad they're back.
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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles are back

[Karel V. Sedlacek]

Latest report is that the male Oriole has come and had breakfast at the feeder 
here in Forest Home Heights.
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles are back

My lovely wife heard an Oriole singing in the woods behind the house this early 
morning.  The orange feeder is out and has juicy oranges!!
Karel V Sedlacek
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[Karel V. Sedlacek]

My lovely wife heard an Oriole singing in the woods behind the house this early 
morning.  The orange feeder is out and has juicy oranges!!
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[Carol Keeler]

I just put out the jelly feeder and there were 3 beautiful male Orioles at the 
feeder! I've had 2 Orioles regularly, but never three.  They had a conflict 
with the House Sparrows, as usual.  One Oriole ended up hanging upside down on 
the perch.  I think each Oriole got to eat.  The problem with the feeder now,  
is that it often gets mobbed with bees.  I think the Orioles come early, before 
the bees (and hornets).  Is there any solution for getting rid of the bees?  I 
had read that if you moved the feeder a few feet, the bees weren't smart enough 
to find .  Not so.  They found it right away.  It only confused the Orioles.   
I solved the bee problem of bees on the Hummingbird feeders by getting bee 
proof ones, which do work.  No solution for the Oriole feeder though.

My female Hummingbird has been hovering in front of the large sunroom window, 
seemingly watching me.  She's done it so often, I'm beginning to wonder if she 
is checking me out.  It might be a curious young one since her breast is very 
white. The feeders are full, so she's not asking for more food.  

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Wood Thrush !!

[Naomi Brewer]

  Yesterday (Wed.) late afternoon I saw 3 male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at my
hanging suet cake hanging near my window. They took turns standing on the
cage, leaning over and eating. They  had a fine time between the suet and
the big sunflower feeder.  When they were away from the suet, the male
Baltimore Oriole was eating the suet. This morning (Thur.) 6:30 the Oriole
was back on the suet cake.  Fly off and  then back on. Paid no attention to
the  Oriole nectar feeder hanging  nearby .

   From the porch at 7:15 a.m. I enjoyed listening to a wood thrush up,
back, in the woods.  Warblers flitting thru the tops of trees - hard to
identify at their speed. Yesterday 2:30 p.m. I drove on Rt. 89 past the
Osprey nest near Deans Cove.  The male was sitting up in a tree across the
road from the nest. I couldn't see the female on the nest but the nest looks
deep so she may not show up from the road.  

   Keeping track of all the birds leaves no time for work (:J)

 

Naomi Brewer

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[Naomi Brewer]

Monday, May 5th. about 3 p.m.  as I looked out the window, there on the suet
cake in its cage, stood a male Baltimore Oriole. He was standing on the top
of the cage which had a new block of suet in it. He was  eating the suet. He
flew off and  at 4 p.m. as I sat in front of the porch the female Oriole lit
on a ,very near ,branch of the maple tree right in front of me. She was soon
joined by the male. They stayed awhile then flew around the house. Just
beautiful. 

 

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[cayugabirds-l] Orioles and cranes

[Thomas Nix]

On Saturday I observed a first-year male Orchard Oriole in the morning before 
heading for the Stewart Park plant sale, and several times in the afternoon at 
our house a few hundred yards north of the German Cross Road bridge over Six 
Mile Creek east of Ithaca. As far as I can tell he sang nearly non-stop 
throughout the day. On Monday I saw first a female and then an adult male 
Orchard Oriole in our yard, nectaring on our small patch of eight blueberry 
bushes. They stayed in the area all day, touring the black and sweet cherry 
trees and returning to the blueberries. They were later joined at the 
blueberries by as many as four Baltimore Orioles. Now we have had both 
blueberries and Baltimore Orioles in the yard for many years, but this is the 
first time I have seen any bird other than the Catbird pay any attention to the 
blueberries. I am tempted to think that the Baltimore Orioles learned about 
them from observing the Orchard Orioles. Much to my delight the pair of Orchard 
Or!
 ioles continues today, and I hope that they will nest nearby. Surprisingly, 
unlike the brash youngster that visited us on Saturday they are mostly silent. 
I have heard the male sing only once, and then very briefly and softly. 
Otherwise they make a few double-cheks and occasional single whistled note.

Also late yesterday afternoon I was surprised to see two Sandhill Cranes flying 
very high and roughly parallel to route 79 northwest toward Ithaca. A new yard 
bird.


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[cayugabirds-l] orioles

[Barrs]

While I was pulling garlic mustard vicinity raspberry bushes, two  
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pleasant evening.


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[Susan Fast]

We have a pair of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and 2 TUFTED TITMICE eating our
apple and wild cherry blossoms.  I wonder how many other species eat these
petals?

S.  S. Fast
Brooktondale

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] orioles

While I was pulling garlic mustard vicinity raspberry bushes, two  
Baltimore orioles enjoyed the blossoms of our apple tree.  Overall, a  
pleasant evening.

Susan Barr
Brooktondale


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] orioles

[Marie P Read]

Re. birds eating petals, I have seen Northern Cardinals and House Finches do 
this too. Red-winged Blackbirds have been feeding in my apple tree in addition 
to the Baltimore Orioles. Having watched this behavior in orioles a lot, I'm 
convinced that the orioles are probing for insects as much as they are going 
for nectar. I have photos of them capturing small larvae and also using their 
bills in a starling-like manner (they push bill in closed, then open it, like 
starlings do when they probe into the grass) to reach into the blossom. I think 
the redwings are doing the same. About the other species? I don't know. Maybe 
eating the petals is merely a by product of nabbing some little insect or other?

Here are some photos from last spring of a feeding oriole, some showing the 
bill in action:
http://www.marieread.com/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=searchtype=fullsearch=baltimore+oriole+apple

Marie


Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
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From: bounce-5730271-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-5730271-5851...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast 
[sustf...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 8:56 PM
To: 'Barrs'; CayuGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] orioles

We have a pair of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and 2 TUFTED TITMICE eating our
apple and wild cherry blossoms.  I wonder how many other species eat these
petals?

S.  S. Fast
Brooktondale

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From: bounce-5730114-9286...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-5730114-9286...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Barrs
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 7:50 PM
To: CayuGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] orioles

While I was pulling garlic mustard vicinity raspberry bushes, two
Baltimore orioles enjoyed the blossoms of our apple tree.  Overall, a
pleasant evening.

Susan Barr
Brooktondale


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