This morning, just after I left home to drive to work, Nick let me know that a
Baltimore Oriole was feeding at the suet feeder in our backyard. I wasn't far
from the house, so I headed back and was able to see the oriole, a yard first
for me. If the oriole becomes a regular visitor and anyone is interested in
seeing it, I might be able to allow visitors. It is difficult to see the
feeders from locations other than the house kitchen. I didn't think that an
oriole was likely to show up at our location. Our backyard borders the
Bide-A-Wee golf course, but pines are not immediately adjacent to our yard, and
there is mostly deciduous trees and growth in our yard. Maybe I associate
wintertime Baltimore Orioles with hollies and camellias more than I should.
Funny to me was that the oriole showed up on a morning that I was trying to
chase, with little success, starlings and squirrels from the suet.
Elisa Flanders
Portsmouth, VA
