Orioles, May 13
That's the day this songbird annually returns to my backyard. I'll hear its flute-like notes, marking its mating territory, before I see its orange and black coat. If you have a some tall trees and water on your property, listen and look for the Baltimore Oriole around the second week of May."To hear an Oriole sing / May be a common thing—Or only a divine." Emily Dickinson, of course.
posted by JTF @ 8:46 PM
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Mr Fiorelli, are you concerned that your bird feeders may bring the bird flu to your backyard? I ask because that happens to be the reason why my mom doesn't want bird feeders in our yard this summer.
On another note, I noticed that the bird flu is a play on words. I usually just read about it but never really listened to the pun, yea i bet its a big hoax. Scoot over mom we are getting bir feeders!
weird you ask that e-spang-a-lang, because there has been this bird outside ramming into every window it can of my house. its really sad, because i think its trying to get in, and it just can't. it's bleeding, and it keeps on slamming harder into the window- i think its going to eventually kill itself, but i'm wondering if it has the bird flu.
oh, and on a side note, we don't have a bird feeder, but a bunch of crazy birds.
E Spang,
Um, not concerned yet. But I haven't done real serious reading about this. Newspapers have said to keep feeding the birds. Better investigate soon, though, I think.
Sparkellyism,
The bird sees his own reflection and thinks its another bird. It's defending its territory against another male. Happens round here once in a while, especially with ground feeders like robins that bang on the basement window.
Oriole arrived yesterday right on schedule. Unbelievable.
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