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Baltimore Oriole
gthang

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus Galbulus)

My first property-listed Oriole!

While this bird was not my first-ever, it was a first for my home, especially at my feeders. We had bought an Oriole feeder in hopes of attracting a bunch, but unfortunately, the Oriole ate suet instead. I feel that maybe the spring-loaded bug-guarded feeding holes were too camouflaged for the bird to see, even though the feeding hole is right smack-dab in between the two ends of the perch.

We have not seen an oriole since this photo was taken (2007-May-04) but there's a group of them living about 3/4-mile from my house. Another factor may be that my feeders are all crammed into a tight space (5 feeders in 5 cubic feet of airspace).

Taken in TIFF mode for highest quality, but saved for web as JPEG.
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Habitat
Open areas near woods
Location
Stormville, NY
Date taken
2007-May-04
Scientific name
Icterus Galbulus
Equipment used
Olympus C-740UZ; Olympus 1.7x Telephoto Conversion Lens
JMomOhio
Great pic! I've been trying for years to get the orioles to come to my feeders. They land near on the deck railing, but just never quite get the nerve to come all the way. I have fruit suet, nectar, oranges and grape jelly. Still no luck! Wish I knew why they are so resistant!!!

Julie
 
GDC
That is a nice picture of the oriole. I too feed them and usually have a hard time getting pictures. I did manage to get a couple today but they were the first pictures of the year.
 
gthang
Well, for some odd reason the nectar level in the oriole feeder was dwindling even though nothing was drinking it (not seen an oriole since this one stopped by on the 4th of May). Then I went to refill the seed and thistle feeders and noticed that the Oriole feeder was leaking. In any case, the feeder succeeded in attracting an oriole, but failed to get them to stay. I'm unsure of where to go from here. Do I refill it and see what happens, or do I take it back since it failed to work as described? Even so, this oriole brought my neighborhood patch list to 60 species, which is pretty good IMO.

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Grant
 
Rose Fletcher
Nice shot! :clap:

That's a very pretty bird, I hope you succeed eventually in getting them to come. I don't know whether all birds are similar, but a friend of mine put feeders up for various birds in 1984, and got all except one species of shy little birds - until 2001, when the shy species inexplicably began coming to eat grated cheese. :h?: :flyaway:

Don't give up! ;)
 
GDC
I would keep the feeder out there and with some patience you will get them back. They also like grape jelly if you are able to put any of that out. Good luck
 
gthang
Lol... thank's for the comments guys... so just read the description, and damn... yesterday was May 04... and the oriole came back yesterday... and brought a friend... he's drinking from the hummingbird feeder... lol... he stopped by earlier this morning as well...
 

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