I had a confrontation between my resident male Oriole and Catbird over the jelly feeder. Hanging off my deck are two pairs of feeders. One is for the Hummingbirds and is lower. The other hangs higher and is a jelly feeder. While I was eating my breakfast the normally quiet Oriole was doing a lot of vocalizing so I went to peak out just to see the normally allusive Oriole. Perched on the bar above the jelly feeder was the Catbird, who was silent. On the lower hummer feeder was the Oriole. The Catbird had its wings outstretched, and was leaning forward in what I took as a threat posture. The Oriole kept vocalizing, but gave up and flew off. I've fed the jelly for years now and that's the first time I've seen any confrontation between any of the bird species that come. It was really cool to see.
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