Update From The Oriole Ranch

I would have thought by now that by now the Baltimore orioles would have beat it out of dodge for their wintering grounds in Mexico. Central and South America.  For all I know our local birds have already made that departure.  Nevertheless, we're still getting birds coming to the feeder.   Perhaps our visitors are early morning transients from the Canadian provinces who are winging their way south.

The oriole camera on the porch doesn't lie and I recently had to put a fresh orange out.  As of Saturday it was half-eaten.  These morning photos were taken on August 26 and 27.

If you've been following Oriole Ranch series here at the blog you may have noticed that the background has continued to green-up since the birds arrived, the ash trees continue to die and the hydrangea and cone flowers are looking spectacular.  

Edit to add:

One more from yesterday.  A male visitor.  And if you look carefully a female (or juvenile) above...