An unprecedented 6-10 Baltimore Orioles, including one female, an
Orchard Oriole, a yellow warbler and three yellow-rumped warblers!!!
ALL in the 2 trees on either side of our modest-sized Towson backyard,
simultaneously!!  To view the sycamore tree, one had to turn one's back
on the ?elm sp? tree and I was the only viewer so, with the leaves also
complicating the viewing, it was difficult to get an exact count.

As I kept trying to find more goodies, a mockingbird gave a sudden sharp
alarm, joined by the other birds and "something" came barreling thru and
everything disappeared.  I didn't get any visual on "something".  I
suppose it was a Cooper's or Sharpie. I hope it came out empty from the
  oriole diner.

Orchard Oriole is new yard bird #88!

This past week, we also toted up #85, 86 and 87 with a flyover common
merganser, a prairie warbler and a white-eyed vireo!

GOOD Birding!

Georgia McDonald
Towson, Balt. Co


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