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Weekend miscellany: Part One
A female Baltimore oriole is now in our backyard by the stream on a regular basis.
She is clearly building her nest somewhere, and taking the nesting material from dead plants at the water’s edge.
If you have not seen a Baltimore oriole’s nest, check out this link. The nests are essentially hanging baskets. http://www.illinoisraptorcenter.org/diaryphotoalbum6.html
For more on these birds, look here:
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We have an oriole nest in between our yard and the neighbors. I put grape jelly and oranges out and the orioles absolutely love this (they come right up to our deck). They have a very pretty whistle. I also strung yarn out for them to build their nest, which they used (100% wool). We have them here every year.
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Kim Jeffries
We have an oriole nest in between our yard and the neighbors. I put grape jelly and oranges out and the orioles absolutely love this (they come right up to our deck). They have a very pretty whistle. I also strung yarn out for them to build their nest, which they used (100% wool). We have them here every year.