The Oriole Ranch

Yesterday I opened the second jar of grape jelly for 2020.  In a typical season of oriole feeding we will go thru eleven to seventeen 30 ounce jars of store brand (generic) Concord Grape Jelly.  I know this because I've kept a record of this beginning 2016.  

Did you know that Baltimore orioles have a habit of returning to the general vicinity of where they were born?  That's what ornithologists believe.  They do not utilize old nests; nevertheless, there is some territorial instinct to return.  

It might also have something to do with the sumptuous buffet that bird watchers set for these colorful visitors.

Anyway, it's been a quiet couple of days without the construction crew around here and the birds are taking advantage of the break in commotion to visit the feeders.  

With lighting condition optimal late yesterday afternoon I turned-on the bird camera for three hours generating 244 individual motion-activated digital photos.

Here's a handful for your viewing pleasure..... 

Boy Baltimore

Boy and girl Baltimore

Catbird and girl Baltimore

Battle of the sexes

Still waiting to capture a decent photo of the grosbeaks and the orchard orioles.

Stay-tuned.....