First Oriole of the season!

[DonBo]

Sorry, no pics, but had one on my suet feeder this morning. Big beautiful male. Got the grape jelly out for him now.

 

Funny story. A couple years ago a neighbor came up to us and asked "Have you seen those pretty orange birds in your feeder"?

 

Ummm,  yeah.  We've seen them.

 

[delcecchi]

Thanks to the alerts from here, I have the jelly out and a nectar feeder.  Also shredded some twine and put it out, in case they need building supplies.   So far haven't seen any and it has been almost 8 hours...

[Grainbelt]

I heard my first oriole yesterday here in Albertville.

[Hawg]

Thanks for the heads up.

[delcecchi]

put the feeders out yesterday, thanks to the alerf from here. 

[Todd Caswell]

There here fill up your jelly

 

[eyeguy 54]

orioles and grosbeaks arrived here yesturday.   only got a pic of female GB

[Hawg]

Here too Todd, first one last night. Any hummingbirds out your way yet? None here.

Edited May 11, 2017 by Hawg

[RainyEye]

First Oriole this morning, a female! No hummers yet

[RainyEye]

Just saw my first Hummer about a 1/2 hr. ago!! 

[Ufatz]

As usual, according to our log, the Orioles, Grosbeaks and hummers all arrived on the 9th.  Wrens and all kinds of other guys here earlier by a few days.  But oddly, no doves yet.  Don't ask me how these birds know the calendar.  But then,   maybe the calendar is just something WE need.

Think about it.

[smurfy]

Have had doves for a while already. Seen the hummingbird again tonight. And the first Oriole. Haven't seen or heard wrens yet. Do have a pair of blue birds renting!

[Todd Caswell]

Blue birds in the house 

 

 

Purple martins, one landed on the speaker I had playing a purple martin  "tune"

 

 

Checking out the house

 

[delcecchi]

we had mourning doves all winter.  Do they normally migrate?

[eyeguy 54]

a few hang around.

 

[Jim Almquist]

This weekend brought the Hummers and the Rose Breasted Grosbeaks and a ton of Goldfinches and House Finches