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Balto Oriole at hummingbird feeder

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Frank Powers

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Frank Powers

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Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:08:02 -0400

A Baltimore Oriole, apparently a juvenile, came to our tubular window feeder, perching on the ring in front of the lower tube, and drank for a bit yesterday morning.  It had check out the sunflower feeder first, then a vertically hanging hummingbird feeder nearby, before selecting the window tube.  This morning, a Baltimore Oriole juvenile visited the feeder again, but didn't stay and feed.  I had been wondering why those tube feeders had been emptying so quickly of late.  While we have had a couple males and at least one female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds come to the feeders, they don't seem to visit the tubular feeders as often as the others, and I was puzzled about it all.

Good birding, 

Frank Powers
Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD
frankpowers * at * comcast dot net