Is this an oriole?

Comment by Robert Martinez on May 17, 2011 at 8:30pm

A female Bullock's Oriole since they are the only one's here right now.

Comment by Adrienne Petterson on May 17, 2011 at 9:13pm

Thank you for confirming this. I realized she was a female because today a male and female appeared together at the suet. I'll upload some photos tomorrow. I had a field day in my backyard as I saw a hairy woodpecker, orioles, grosbeaks, blue jays, grackles, robins, warblers, doves, chickadees, downey woodpeckers, red-wing blackbirds, and house finches!

Comment by Annie O'Toole on May 23, 2011 at 4:19pm

Hi Adrienne, Love your photos and  have a question for you.  Anything special in the suet you put out?  I would love to attract orioles, and the nectar never seems to work.  Thanks.

Comment by Gary Lefko on May 23, 2011 at 4:31pm

BTW (@Robert)-males are here ... :-) ... we've had in Nunn last few weeks and I had at least 6-8 on Greeley Poudre Trail last weekend. Gary

Comment by Robert Martinez on May 23, 2011 at 5:10pm

I meant Bullock's orioles as whole not just females.

Comment by Adrienne Petterson on May 23, 2011 at 6:51pm

Annie, I don't use anything other than a slab of suet from Walmart.  Nothing fancy at all. I've never seen so many orioles and grosbeaks attack the suet, and because I put out suet in May, I think that did the trick. I don't normally put any out other than wintertime but it was colder this year so I tried. And was I repaid!!

Comment by Annie O'Toole on July 5, 2011 at 8:59am

I did succeed in drawing orioles to some oranges I put out, but then the squirrels discovered them and gobbled them up immediately.  Wacky squirrels, don't they know they're not supposed to like citrus?! :)

Comment by Gary Lefko on July 5, 2011 at 9:01am

We have House Finches who enjoy our oranges in Nunn. Gary

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