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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:23 PM Post #4863059
| The Baltimore Orioles arrived yesterday (in case I didn't tell you already...lol)! I was able to get several pics from different doorways...I felt so lucky to get so many and wanted to put them on one thread. I will post them all as time allows and hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I have enjoyed having them here! They are in no particular order.
This is the male...ain't he gorgeous?!!!
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:25 PM Post #4863070
| Can you tell they love grape jelly? 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:26 PM Post #4863076
| and oranges too!!
MINE!!
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:28 PM Post #4863085
| Here is a long shot showing the candle holder I had the orange setting on! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:30 PM Post #4863093
| He is eyeing the jelly and oranges!! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:31 PM Post #4863101
| This guy wants to come to the porch to see what all the commotion is about! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:33 PM Post #4863104
| Hey...I got mine!! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:34 PM Post #4863112
| Hey...this thing moooves!!!
(this is why I ended up putting it on the candle holder)
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nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:35 PM Post #4863115
| Yipiee!! I saw one two years ago and thats what made me a bird watcher!
I hope some discover my feeding area. |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:36 PM Post #4863121
| still thinking about it!!
They are headed your way I'm sure Nan!! You're not that far north of here!
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:38 PM Post #4863127
| Lusting from the roof !! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
2:40 PM Post #4863133
| One more, this one is a Female! My company just called and will be here shortly so I will post the rest at a later date! Thanks for looking!
I think the female is gorgeous!!
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
April 25, 2008
2:44 PM Post #4863144
| Excellent shots Rose!!! I especially love #5!
The female is beautiful! Great job!
Thanks for posting these and we'll look forward to seeing the rest later.
Have a good time with your company! |
tabasco
Cincinnati (Anderson, OH
(Zone 6a)
April 25, 2008
2:50 PM Post #4863171
|
dell-- that's so GREAT! Beautiful photos!
And so many of pretty ones! How many were in your group, do you think?
And will they stay to nest or are the migrating through??
I put out my oranges but haven't seen any yet.
For those interested in detailed information about the Baltimore Oriole here is the Birds by Bent link--very interesting:
[HYPERLINK@www.birdsbybent.com] |
LeBug
Greenville, IN
(Zone 6a)
April 25, 2008
2:56 PM Post #4863192
| dellrose, your guys are just beautiful!!! I haven't had time but I have a feeder and need to figure out something to put the jelly on up in the air lol I just hope they aren't here yet but I'm sure they are on their way if they aren't here yet. LOVE your pictures!
Lea |
nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
3:05 PM Post #4863226
| Great link, tabasco, thanks. I just cannot get over how beautiful the female is. I haven't seen one before your pic. Rose, and never thought that they would be four colored and georgeous. |
sadie_mae
Central, KY
(Zone 6b)
April 25, 2008
4:01 PM Post #4863445
| Cool Rose, mine came back yesterday too!
Beautiful pics, I've got 1 lousy pic of mine but I hope to get more. |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
April 25, 2008
4:02 PM Post #4863450
| WOW!! The female is very pretty. I had no idea... |
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
April 25, 2008
6:07 PM Post #4863913
| yah, dont' you love her tail? It's like a ballgown dress all laid out.
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trois
Santa Fe, TX
(Zone 9b)
 April 25, 2008
6:18 PM Post #4863942
| Great Orioles pics. I have only seen one, about 50 years ago. |
OPbirder
Orchard Park, NY
April 25, 2008
8:17 PM Post #4864382
| Wow Wow!! Really enjoyed the photos rose. He's so flamboyant - sort of the Liberace of the bird world. She's just plain beautiful and regal. Thank you. |
Amos55
Lake, MI
April 25, 2008
8:30 PM Post #4864446
| Fantastic pictures
I love love love the Baltimore Orioles.
I had a pair that used the same nest for years
I just love their song
Amos
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gardenpom
Melbourne, FL
(Zone 9b)
April 25, 2008
9:52 PM Post #4864941
| Fantastic pics Rose! I think they are one of the most beautiful birds ever! |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:46 AM Post #4865919
| Thank you all so much...I am very happy that I can share my pics here. This is the best hobby/obsession I have ever had and coming here is the icing on the cake!!
My company has gone to dreamland so I will try and post more pics...I am sleep deprived so I hope there are no dupes!
Striking a pose!
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:47 AM Post #4865920
| Striking another pose! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:49 AM Post #4865922
| Looking down on the buffet table. 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:51 AM Post #4865925
| I've got dibbs on this one! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:52 AM Post #4865929
| Next! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:54 AM Post #4865931
| I hope they save some for me! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:55 AM Post #4865933
| Just too cute! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
1:57 AM Post #4865935
| Another one of the gorgeous female! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
2:00 AM Post #4865938
| Last one of the girl. She's so innocent looking. 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
April 26, 2008
2:04 AM Post #4865943
| If the Orioles get frightened they land on the Maple tree overlooking the buffet table. Here is a long shot and the final pic.
Thanks to everyone for visiting! I am going to dreamland and tomorrow I am taking my visiting friend on a bird watching trip.
Edited to say that they were back in force again today...however I thought it would be rude to leave my company and start taking pics! LOL!
Another thing I wanted to mention is the males are various colors of orange. Some are the gold/orange and some the red/orange. I didn't know that!!
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gardenpom
Melbourne, FL
(Zone 9b)
April 26, 2008
6:15 AM Post #4866122
| I only see a few here in the winter. I actually caught a glimpse of bright color yesterday that may have been one, but not sure since it flew into a tree so fast. Lucky you to see so many. |
cpartschick
Gladwin, MI
(Zone 5a)
April 26, 2008
7:19 AM Post #4866184
| Such wonderful pictures. I enjoyed them very much and look forward to seeing them again this year.
You really captured their color and actions nicely! |
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
April 26, 2008
9:09 AM Post #4866499
| Wow Rose. Incredible. You could have a new career ahead of you in bird photography! So glad you're giving your visitors a bird watching tour!
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burn_2007
Grand-Falls, NB
(Zone 4a)
April 26, 2008
7:47 PM Post #4868719
| What a handsome fellow, and his lady is so precious also. Great job on the pictures Rose.
Do you have a lot of them? And did you spread oranges peels around the yard, like some have mention? |
2dCousinDave
Fredericksburg, VA
April 27, 2008
5:50 PM Post #4872833
| Wonderful pictures Rose. I am green with envy. For what it's worth, I would have kept shooting.
Hope they stay so you can. (I mean the birds, not the company) :-)
Dave |
muddylou
Saint Paul, MN
(Zone 4a)
April 27, 2008
5:54 PM Post #4872849
| WOW~ how cool is THAT ~ great pictures of those lovely birds! |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:16 AM Post #4890375
| Thank you all again for looking and responding! This is something that I have really come to enjoy!
We have had the Orchard Orioles show up in the past few days as well as the Immature Baltimore Orioles. It has been a blast to watch them all eating the oranges I have all over the place as well as the grape jelly. One of the feeders I am using which has become quite popular is the metal bottom to a chicken waterer. It cost about $2 at the local farm supply store. I put the orange in the center and jelly around the outside portion. Here are some pics showing how popular this little feeder has become!
Here is a Female Orchard Oriole
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:18 AM Post #4890377
| Immature Baltimore Oriole. Someday he will be brighter and even more beautiful!! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:20 AM Post #4890379
| Immature Orchard Oriole! He looks kind of mean and actually he is kind of a bully except with the Female Orchard (who might be him mother)!! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:21 AM Post #4890382
| Immature Baltimore...so cute and cautious! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:22 AM Post #4890384
| Here he is again! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:24 AM Post #4890391
| The little mean guy!! He's really kind of sweet but hard to believe he will turn out like the next pic!! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:25 AM Post #4890395
| Here is the grown up Orchard Oriole! I think he is so handsome! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:27 AM Post #4890402
| Immature Baltimore! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:29 AM Post #4890407
| Male Baltimore! 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:30 AM Post #4890412
| Another 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:32 AM Post #4890415
| The two males got into a squabble over the feeder! I think the Orchard won as them seem the more aggresive of the two birds. 
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:34 AM Post #4890422
| Female Orchard Oriole. She is lovely! The Female Baltimore has not been seen since the first day they showed up...I am hoping she is nest building as they were here all summer last year. 
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VFC
Kings Mountain, NC
May 1, 2008
12:35 AM Post #4890425
| JUST PLAIN FABULOUS ROSE YOU NEED TO TAKE UP PHOTOGRAPHY AND SEND YOUR RESUME TO NATIONAL GEO< OR THE AUDOBON( SURE I SPELLED THAT WRONG) SOCIETY< WHERE THE HECK IS THE SPELL CHECK DAVE LOL,
PS I WONDER WHAT GOD WAS THINKING OF WHEN HE MADE THE MALE SPECIES OF BIRDS SO MUCH MORE GLAMOUROUS THAN THE FEMALES?????????
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dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:38 AM Post #4890432
| Orchard Orioles, Female and Immature Male.
Thank you Violet...you are most kind. Photographing birds has become my new passion and I love sharing it!
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VFC
Kings Mountain, NC
May 1, 2008
12:41 AM Post #4890441
| YOU ARE WELCOME MY FRIEND, I MOVED TO NC 2 YEARS AGO I AM A NATIVE FLORIDIAN BORN AND RAISED I DECIDED TO MOVE NORTH FOR A WHILE, I TOO LOVE PHOTOGRAPY, I HAVE SOME AWESOME PELICAN PICTURES TAKEN AT COCOA BEACH. |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:48 AM Post #4890453
| Here is the last of this series and the most colorful of all, the Male Baltmore!
One thing I have found out is the Orchards are very hard for me to get pics of due to their coloring! The immatures and females are almost gold/green and the males always turn out too dark. I must learn what to do to correct that!!
Violet...I just noticed you are new here...Welcome to Dave's and to the Bird Watching Forum. We have a thread called Daily Pics...right now we are on volumn 102. Please post your pelican pics there so everyone will see them. That thread is usually checked everyday by lots of viewers. There are some wonderful pics there as well as the many other threads on the forum. Welcome again!!
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VFC
Kings Mountain, NC
May 1, 2008
12:54 AM Post #4890473
| THANK YOU KINDLY ROSE, I WILL DO THAT I ALSO TAKE ALOT OF PHOTO'S OF MY FLOWERING TREES MY DOGWOODS ARE FABULOUS THIS TIME OF YEAR, I ALSO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME AMAZING BUTTERFLY SHOTS ALSO. |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
1:28 AM Post #4890547
| You are most welcome Violet...Dave's is a great place to share your photo's...but I must warn you it is very addictive! LOL! Have fun!! |
nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
8:03 AM Post #4890966
| My Orioles have arrived! They went straight to the hummingbird feeders and didn't use the Oriole feeder for the first 2 days. I have a pair and and an inmature so far. I am SOOO charged. These guys were in my neighborhood 2 years ago and I declaired right then that I would take up birdwatching when I retired. I am super happy to see them!!!!! |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
8:29 AM Post #4891076
| Congrats Nan...which ones do you have? The ones here use the Oriole feeders but spend most of their time eating jelly! I know how excited you are to see them...they really are a fun bird to watch!! |
nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
8:47 AM Post #4891134
| They sure are fun to watch. I have the Baltimores and they seem to want to eat upside down or sideways as much as vertical. Is there some kind of upside down feeder that they are more used to that I haven't seen in my local stores? |
linthicum
Linthicum Heights, MD
(Zone 7a)
May 1, 2008
8:52 AM Post #4891150
| Fantastic series of photos of one of my favorite birds, Rose. I saw my first male here in Maryland this past weekend. As soon as I heard his song, I knew what it was. I had to track him down to eventually get a photo. I just followed his singing. Actually, I have a little difficulty distinguishing the difference in song between the Orchard Oriole and the Baltimore Oriole.
I've never seen one in my backyard. Hopefully, they will build a nest near you. Two years ago, I was able to get some photos off the female putting some finishing touches on her nest. The appearance of their nest is very interesting, also.
Great job !!! |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
9:04 AM Post #4891204
| Nan...I have noticed that they do enjoy eating upside down! One of the feeders they like is the flat one I bought at WBU in Springfield. It is made like the flat Hummer feeder but has little wells for the jelly and you can put an orange thru the hanging stem. Have you seen that one? They really seem to prefer that one and hang on it rather than perch. I will try and get a pic of them hanging on it today and post it.
Thank You Linth! I must confess that they announce themselves and I hear them before I see them land! My hearing is not that great and I cannot distinguish the difference as yet. We have a small patch of woods across the street and I think they nested there last year so I am hoping to explore there as soon as I get some really good tick and chigger spray. I am still suffering from my last trip to the woods...LOL! I hope that someday they will visit your yard, are you using jelly and oranges? I didn't last year but they still used the hummer feeders. I know your pics would be awesome! |
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
May 1, 2008
9:05 AM Post #4891205
| Oh my word girl! Just speechless.
You should turn your house into a Birding Bed and Breakfast! We'd all pay to see these birds. |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
9:10 AM Post #4891223
| LOL Mrs. Ed! My friend that just visited had the best time bird watching with me! It was her first time and I think we have a convert! She emailed me yesterday from Alabama and was heading for the nearest WBU in Pensacola!! She cracked me up as she also got in the habit of peeking thru all the doors and windows for the birds!! |
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
May 1, 2008
9:26 AM Post #4891290
| Yay! A convert! |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
May 1, 2008
9:32 AM Post #4891316
| Outstanding shots Rose!
You are so blessed to have such a great variety of birds around your property! |
Mima56
Thayer, MO
(Zone 6a)
May 1, 2008
9:36 AM Post #4891327
| Rose, I have so enjoyed your pictures. We seem to have the identical groups of Orioles down here, and we are thrilled that they have lingered so long. I think the male Orchard Oriole is just gorgeous, and even though he's smaller, NObody bullies him! Yesterday, we had a standoff between an Orchard, a Baltimore, and a Mockingbird.
I just wish some of these beautiful birds would nest close by, but they always leave after a few days. sob |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
May 1, 2008
9:50 AM Post #4891397
| Oops forgot to say Welcome Violet!
I know you'll love it here and we hope to see many more posts from you!
Pelle |
sadie_mae
Central, KY
(Zone 6b)
May 1, 2008
10:02 AM Post #4891475
| Another group of fantastic photos Rose!!!
I've got the Baltimore's here but haven't seen any Orchard's. I bought one of those feeders that holds the nectar, jelly and orange half, sounds similar to the one you got at WBU. So far, they are only eating the oranges, although they've eaten jelly in years past. I haven't seen them drinking the nectar but the Ruby-throated HB does visit it from time to time, LOL, that little piggy even has his own feeder too.
I think I'll drop by the local farm store and see if they have the chicken waterer, I like the set up of yours.
They always nest in the huge Elm in the back yard, they build the coolest nests! I saw the female picking around in the Red Bud tree and I couldn't figure out what she was doing, so I took a not so good pic. When I enlarged it, she was gathering some of my dogs hair that I had spread around in the tree earlier this spring :-) |
nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
10:16 AM Post #4891559
| Looks like I will be shopping at WBU this weekend then, Rose. Thanks.
I seem to have lost my flock of gold finches to the migratory flock that showed up early last month. I now have only two of them. Is this normal? Can I store niger seed in the freezer until the fall migration? (so much to learn) |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
May 1, 2008
10:22 AM Post #4891571
| I don't know about freezing but it can be refrigerated. |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
10:40 AM Post #4891647
| Thanks Pelle...who knew? A year ago I was soooo clueless!! Now that my eyes and ears are falling victim to old age...I finally see and hear!! Go figure!! LOL!
Mima...I think the Male Orchard is gorgeous too and they seem to be the more aggresive of the two. I don't know how long the Orchards will stay or if they are just passing thru. Hopefully the Orioles will stay like last year. (keeping my fingers crossed) I too am sobbing as I have not seen the Indigo Buntings for a few days and fear they have moved on...boo hoo! I was blessed to have them for awhile though!!
Sadie...I have noticed the Hummers using the Oriole feeders and the Orioles using the Hummer feeder!! I think to them nectar is nectar!! The Orioles are cleaning up the jelly in that feeder and I love to see them hanging upside down. I didn't know they did that! So much to see...so little time. How lucky you are to see their nest...I am going to try and find one as I think last year they nested in the little patch of woods across the street.
Nan...My little Goldfinches are all but gone now!! Oh my goodness...it just makes me so sad. I thought they would stay all year long!! Boo...Hoo Hoo...!! The next time I go to WBU I am getting a mister for the hummers and maybe even a fountain. I've only been there once but I dream of going there and buying everything I want (like the whole store)!! I also have lots of bird feed left and I'm wondering if there will be any seed eaters left to eat it besides the Grackles and Cowbirds!! Let us know what you buy at WBU!!
Thank you all for your kind comments...I have lots more pics to add in the coming days. One of the series will be eating the oranges...I love to watch them do that!!
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Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
May 1, 2008
11:09 AM Post #4891745
| Last November, my Mom got this FAB bird spa at WBU for cost!!!!
It looks like stone, but is really light fiberglass. I'd get one, but it is not in the budget right now. I'm going to put an in-ground fountain I think, since my pond seems to not be in the budget either!
[HYPERLINK@www2.yardiac.com] |
Mima56
Thayer, MO
(Zone 6a)
May 1, 2008
11:10 AM Post #4891757
| Rose, down here we buy our seed at the local feed store. We only use black oil sunflower seed (in the shell), though suddenly, it's as precious as gas: $22/50 lb bag! All woodpeckers, cardinals, GOLDFINCHES (!), rosebreasted grosbeaks, Blue Jays, and indigo buntings love it. We put sunflower seed in all of our feeders. The birds that can't open it, like doves, eat the scraps.
Goldfinches always leave this time of year, but I have read that they return in late summer to nest.
Keep your eyes open: I have some new indigo buntings today, so maybe they're headed your way! I also have two new rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
Re: orioles at the hummingbird feeders...can they drink through those flat yellow covers? |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
May 1, 2008
11:13 AM Post #4891788
| Wow thats beautiful Mrs Ed! |
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
May 1, 2008
11:15 AM Post #4891798
| yes, and she has some really pretty rocks to go in it. I though the moss/algae was REAL, but it is a part of the fiberglass. |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:20 PM Post #4892060
| Wow Mrs. Ed...that is just gorgeous...would I love to have something like that! That is exactly what I've been looking for but the $ may be beyond my budget. I really want something big though that bubbles like that!
Mima...Tell me about the $ of sunflower seeds!! The price really jumped didn't it? This winter we were feeding about 35 pounds a day!! Good grief I'd buy a hundred pounds at a time and I freaked when the price went up and started feeding cracked corn for the ground feeders but then the $ jumped on that! Are the Indigos and Rosebeaks eating at your feeders? I am excited now to think they may be headed our way! Most of the info I get is the St. Louis area and that is always after the fact. Here is a pic showing an Orchard O eating from the Hummer feeder. I don't know how they do it but somehow they seem to manage!
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Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
May 1, 2008
12:27 PM Post #4892090
| You know, Rose, that's exactly what she was looking for too! So it was great when we ran across it! She asked the woman at WBU about it and she was so happy to get rid of it for the winter! I guess what I'm saying is that deals are out there at the end of the year.
That's cute about the Orchard Oriole! Maybe they have really long tongues like the Red Bellied Woodpeckers! |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:35 PM Post #4892132
| I need a good deal like that Mrs. Ed!! Maybe I can get DH to build me something...he is very handy that way!
I don't know what I was thinking...yes the Orioles have long tongues as I've taken some pics showing them. I will have to see if I can find one!! (hitting self on head)!!
O.K. found one but I've got others. Here he is using his tongue to hold that massive amount of jelly! Piggy..piggy...piggy!!
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trois
Santa Fe, TX
(Zone 9b)
May 1, 2008
12:38 PM Post #4892139
| Dellrose, about 3 years ago I made the same complaint about chiggers. Some wonderful person here on Dave's told me to take a Super B complex every day. I go everywhere and have not had a single chigger since. I don't know about ticks as our guineas completely eradicated them.
trois |
dellrose
Conway, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
12:40 PM Post #4892147
| Actually he was eating across from another Oriole and I think they were just trying to gross each other out (reminds me of my little brothers at the table eating with their mouth full just to make me mad)! LOL! Boys will be boys!!
Trois...thanks for the info on the Super B complex...I am willing to try anything!!
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sadie_mae
Central, KY
(Zone 6b)
May 1, 2008
1:02 PM Post #4892217
| I went home for lunch today and "someone" must have been sitting on the orange eating and they pooped in one of the nectar holes and in the jelly, YUCK! I removed the orange and put it on another pole and washed the feeder! |
nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
1:17 PM Post #4892283
| I think I will have to show those beautiful goldies the map that says that they are year round residents here when they come back this fall. I sure do wish they would have stayed this year, but at least 1 pair have, so I can't whine tooooo loud. ;-{ They don't eat much from the feeders as there are plenty of dandylion seedheads to eat. I have a huge surplus of seed because I have managed to train :) DH to pick up a couple of bags whenever he is in that end of the county and I hadn't seen until yesterday how many I have stockpiled. I'll probably have to blend it into the other seeds over this spring/summer.
Is there a way to encourage the cowbird flock (showed up today) to leave?? |
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
(Zone 5a)
May 1, 2008
1:38 PM Post #4892350
| Nan, my recent arrivals the White-crowned and white-throated sparrows (I'm calling them the White Stripes) love the finch seed that's on the ground. I'm sure you can keep using it. The house finches still love it too.
Rose, I'm thinking of doing something like this link shows, but not that big of rocks on the top. I'm getting a 20 gal container this weekend at the Iowa Roundup. I'll sink it in the ground with a pump. I have been collecting those smooth stones. This wont' happen until July at least, but I'm going to make sure it happens this year!!!!
Oops, here's the link:
[HYPERLINK@www.raleighlandscape.com]
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nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 1, 2008
2:28 PM Post #4892536
| Oh good. Thanks Mrs. Ed.
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