Sunday, June 20, 2010

A Baltimore Oriole is not a Hummingbird


Well, that does it...we've got to get a new hummingbird feeder.  Possibly one without perches.

I like this feeder because the container is glass and it's easy to clean.  And it gives the little hummingbirds a spot to rest for just a minute while they gather their nectar.  But it dropped one day.  Several of the little white feeding slots broke and one of the perches.  Up until then just the hummingbirds could fit their tiny little (but very long) beaks into the slots.  But now they're large enough to accommodate a fatter beak...well, just like the one on this Baltimore Oriole.
 
I think this makes an appropriate but unusual Camera Critters post (#115) for this week, don't you?
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Posted by CherylK at 4:42 PM
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14 comments:

  1. I've never seen that happen before! Too funny, at least for me!
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  2. Way cool! I have never seen a Baltimore Oriole on a hummingbird feeder! Probably 'cause we don't have them here. Orioles, I mean. We do have hummingbirds, though. Check out my post tomorrow.... :)
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  3. Cheryl this is a wonderful photo and for sure, enter it into Camera Critters!
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  4. Absolutely great shot. I see all these beautiful pictures of birds being posted, and I unable to approach any bird close enough or long enough to take a picture.;) Either I need a better zoom or the Scandinavian birds are much more timid.;)
    xo
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  5. An awesome bird in an an awesome photo.

    Its a pity that the glass feeder break, but now other types of birds can feed too ;)
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  6. Beautiful Capture :-)

    Greetz,

    Joseph
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  7. This photo is a treat. I've never seen a Baltimore Oriole. My husband claims he hears them here.
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  8. Oh wow....he is ever so beautiful!! Lovely, lovely pose he gave you too.

    And I appreciate your comment you left for me and couldn't agree with you more.
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  10. He didn't read the sign that says Hummingbird Feeder. Silly bird.
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  11. Perfect for Camera Critters! How funny!
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  12. The orioles in Singapore are completely yellow. I miss them as the fly around my apartment as I now live in New Zealand, wehre I have not seen any.
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  13. : )
    Bummer about the feeder. Ironically, I put up an oriole feeder once, and the only birds that checked it out were the hummingbirds.

    I generally stick to the plastic feeders, but our yard tends to be very windy, and I always figure the glass ones would end up getting smacked up against something. Anyway, have fun shopping for a new feeder, even when I don't need one I generally find myself looking at them in the stores... I guess my inner shopaholic simply cannot be tamed.
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  14. Great photo! I've never seen an oriole at a hummingbird feeder. He looks a little too big, I think. He needs his own feeder.
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