I thought I would share a few photos. Our yard is mostly forest that backs into the Contoocook River. 
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Saw a Baltimore oriole a couple or three weeks ago. We’re in northwest Louisiana, which is out of their breeding range, but we have a male that shows up on our property for a day each spring and then is gone. Kind of neat to see, since they aren’t “supposed” to be here.
Love to watch birds myself. Our town always has a lot of Baltimore orioles. though only get occasional ones in our yard. Never have seen a grosbeak. We are lucky to live very close to 2 world class refuges.
Cardinals, Yellow Finches and Robins so far this year. I've never had an Oriole visit even though I put out the orange and grape jelly.
Oranges have never worked for me either, though countless birders swear by them.
Great pics! Ive had the orioles and grosbeaks all up to wazzoo this year, males and females...the orioles are by far and away my favorite birds. Ever try grape jelly in Gatorade caps? They’ll hammer the jelly and ignore the oranges.
Anyone having trouble attracting Orioles should try this: Get some flourencent Orange spray paint, and coat a cheap plank with it. Hammer a couple Gatorade caps to it, and drive two nails up and through the plank to spike oranges on. Lay the plank out somewhere visible, and fill the caps with grape jelly. You wont be able to keep them off!
Anyone having trouble attracting Orioles should try this: Get some flourencent Orange spray paint, and coat a cheap plank with it. Hammer a couple Gatorade caps to it, and drive two nails up and through the plank to spike oranges on. Lay the plank out somewhere visible, and fill the caps with grape jelly. You wont be able to keep them off!
We are fortunate to live in a semi-rural area and see a great variety of birds. Spotted this weekend in our yard: Orioles (just arrived, enjoying the grape jelly), Cardinals, Swainson's Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Blue Jays, Mourning Doves, Pileated and Hairy Woodpeckers, a few really large and creepy crows, and the usual random assortment of little brown birds.
were they crows or raven?
Raven have a bump in the beak, are much larger, and a pointed tail.
I asked my wife (who is the main birder) the same question when they showed up. She said they are definitely crows based on the beak and call.
yeah I'm not sure we have ravens around here I've always wanted to see one.
don't let em start to come to your yard or soon you'll have hundreds!!!
to keep them away it's pretty horrible but if you kill one and leave it lay, they will never come back if they can see a dead one.
A buddy of mine used to hang dead crows from the trees of his pecan orchard with the same intent.
They do it here in some parks otherwise there will be flocks and flocks of them
Waiting for my Carolina wrens to (maybe) nest around the house. Last year, they took up their household in a watering can on the car port. They are fearless and leave no doubt as to whose real estate this is. They look me over and often don't even comment. They'd just as soon land on my nose, not the least impressed. They seem sure they are at least my size. They have round little bodies and notably long narrow beaks. We have nice crows, and Eastern cardinals, and used to have a nice brown thrasher couple, towees, visiting mocking birds, and more. My wife used to have Baltimore Orioles big time on Long Island and always supplied them with bags of oranges, halved and nailed to trees. One year here (N.C.) had a huge female hawk, red tail I think; the females are larger than the males (Tercels), feeding on chipmunks. For a short time, we had a fine hoot owl with great hooting after dark. Audubon famously painted a flock of Carolina Parakeets I have framed, that are now completely extinct; there have been discussions about trying to revive the species genetically. Little flying feathered dinosaurs all. One of the important sites in London are the ravens at the Tower of London, tended with great care by the Yeoman guards, birds named and spoiled on a daily basis.
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