Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: winz on May 30, 2017, 09:37:16 PM
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I have had a male Baltimore Oriole, I think it is the same one, coming for oranges since May 19th. Just curious if anyone has had them visiting their backyard right through the summer.
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I do not have dates for this, but in general I find they are very visible around now and then they disappear. Not sure if they are leaving or just becoming a lot less obvious.
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Yes. Orioles are much more visible and are hanging around the backyard later than I can ever remember. Maybe the rain and thunderstorms this spring have kept them from moving, but that's just a guess. They have usually vanished by this time, but they're still here and I am still putting out oranges for them.
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We are in Toronto and we have Orioles all summer. We are up to six now.
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For bright orange birds, they can be surprisingly hard to see, but I hear them singing all over the city in suitable habitat.
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I always thought that the habitat in my neighbourhood was not suited to orioles. The vegetation seems too dense (not spread out). The orioles come every May and usually only hang around a couple of days to fuel up on my offerings and then are not seen again until late July or early August after raising their families elsewhere. Here it is, June 6, and I still have orioles coming to the oranges and nectar feeder. I have never seen them here in June before.
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My oriole, a female, has been real 'hit and miss' this spring. It might still be showing up but It's been several days since I've seen it. I'll continue to refresh the orange halves, the grape jelly, and the sugar water for another week or two.
Good birding,
Walter :)
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I have been paying more attention this year. I clearly still have orioles around, I hear the males trilling high in the trees mostly. They are findable if you look for them, but much less visible than when they first arrived. Then they were establishing territory, actually breeding, and the females were in the garden down to ground level collecting nesting material. So they are still here, just not quite as in-your-face visible as the first week they got here.
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I had a female Oriole visiting my hummingbird feeder for about a week. She didn't appear today but a second hummer has started visiting so I don't really miss her! :)
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I just had Male Baltimore Oriole show up for Grape Jelly. I hadn't seen him in quite a few days, but I know he's been around, because the Jelly has been disappearing. :D
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I've had two Orioles show up over the past 3 days. They haven't been around for a couple of weeks, or I just haven't seen them. Also, a Hummingbird quickly stopped by one of the feeders but it didn't seem interested in the free offering.
Good birding,
Walter :)
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In Cheltenham, northwest of Brampton, we have had orioles around since they returned in early May. Two or more males and at least one female. We have been putting out oranges faithfully since they showed up. Also, they have been eating peanuts, suet and on the hummingbird feeder. Hopefully, they are nesting in the area. Lovely birds to see and hear.
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My how things have changed in the last couple of days...
Now I have 6-7 Orioles coming all day long to the feeders eating the orange halves, the grape jelly, and drinking the sugar water. It appears that there are two different ages of young now. Two newly fledged birds just started to show with one or the other parent as of Sunday. The fledglings really love the grape jelly!
Also, at least one Hummingbird is showing up on a regular basis now as well.
Good 'backyard' birding,
Walter :)
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Just a quick update on the Hummers and Orioles visiting my yard...
A female Hummingbird has been visiting the feeders countless times a day since June 23rd and a male visits very sporadically and always early in the morning.
Orioles have been around since they arrived back in this area. It's been a real joy to host them this year. On July 10th I had 11 'Baltimores' visit the yard! I was sitting in my usual coffee-drinking seat in the kitchen watching my usual bunch (including fledglings) coming and going from the feeders when all of a sudden 4 beautifully marked immature males flew-in and landed on the feeder pole. What a sight! They hung around just long enough to fuel up before they went on their way. Moving forward to this week I'm now down to just 1 lone visitor - a young male.
Good birding,
Walter :)
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Orioles seem to disappear latish July, but in the last week or so have had a male, notmevery day. He was also calling quite a bit yesterday and today. Also heard one calling when i went to ride my horse. On amside note, the second batch of nests of barn swallows where i keep my horse are almost fledged and there was at least 5-7, with 2 -4 babies. They will soon be gone. The owner says in the morning the barn roof is almost black with all t he swallows.