A Chance to View a Baltimore Oriole Nest~

Above is an Eastern Kingbird

Another reason to enjoy the walking paths of Anchorage Park in Anchorage, Kentucky.

There is so much open land, so much diversity in nature all year and including migration season, so many visiting species stop by.

The songbird populations is outstanding.

While walking one day a fellow birder clued me into the fact that there was a working Baltimore Orioles nest near the lake at one of the overlook spots.

It was at eye level and only about 15 feet away, sweet ;)

I visited 3 times and was able to watch the adults come in to feed their young, though I never got to see them.  

There were Cedar Waxwings, Gray Catbirds and Red-winged Catbirds, all using the same area.

On one of my visits, I witnessed something quite peculiar that then gave me a smile and a giggle.  

The male Baltimore Oriole had just brought in a meal to the young, and flew away.  

At the same moment a female Red-winged Blackbird came with a mouthful of insects and went down into the Orioles nest to feed the young.  

Boom, in came the male Baltimore Oriole who reprimanded the nice accidental gesture of the Red-winged Blackbird.

I expect she did not do that again, but it was kind of sweet!

 Remember to double click on the first image, to view a larger slide show presentation after you have read the narratives~

I will be linking up with Mary for:

Mosaic Monday

at: 

  http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.

&

Stewart for:

   Wild Bird Wednesday

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Below some of the Daisies that grow along our fence line~

Theses scenes are in and around my community~

An American Robin choosing grasses to build her nest with~

A Black Capped Chickadee watching the Robin~

A few of my Dianthus~

A wee Carolina Wren has just sent her first clutch of young ones off on their first flight and they were in the thick of brush~

My Clematis Vine~

Sweet Lilacs~

My double bloom Hyacinths~

Morning light giving a glow to the grasses~

My Knock -Out -Roses are still knocking out the blossoms~

A lovely Gray Catbird~

With these next 2 mosaics, I had to give some high definition resolution application for there was good structure in the photos, but a wee bit off~

The walk path has now arrived at the Baltimore Orioles nest site.  

The female is the golden yellow and black, and the male the coral red orange and black~

In between waiting for the Orioles to return to the nest, I watched as a Female Common Whitetail dragonfly rested upon the nearby Honeysuckle vines~

Blueberries and a lovely flower growing close to the ground~

A Blue Jay perched in a dead tree near the water, better be careful...I just saw a Cooper's Hawk, while standing here ;)

Cedar Waxwings up higher in the Orioles nest tree~

A Black and White Warbler...was a first time for me~

The female Red-winged Blackbird that got chased off by the Baltimore Oriole~

An Eastern Cottontail Rabbit and a Gray Squirrel meeting face to face~

Spring is a Busy Time For Our Bird Friends~

Happy birding and happy week, following a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!
My computer was broken and out of my hands for a few days and my first thought was, but what about my blogging.  
It is amazing how much time we spend when we blog, but oh such enjoyment it is too.
The top image is of a Yellow-Rumped Warbler, that just happened to have completed a bath in the lake, before landing right in front of my lens.
The male Cardinal below was perched above a flock of ducks and geese that were eating bread that my husby was offering them. 
More of the beautiful Eastern Meadowlarks taken at Foxhollow Farm in Crestwood, KY~

I am linking up with Stewart at:

Wild Bird Wednesday

(http://paying-ready-attention-gallery.blogspot.com.au/)



 

A male Eastern Meadowlark sings early one morning over the fields where it's mate was nesting.  
This same field has nests of Red-winged Blackbirds in the deep grasses.

A Blue Jay listens to it's own as morning light streams through the Redbud trees~

A pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers tried a couple of holes, before making their nest in the lowest hole of one of our Ivy covered trees, which lost it's top long ago~

A Gray Catbird mews to it's mate~

I am thinking that this is a Hairy Woodpecker below, very similar to our Downy Woodpeckers, but a wee bit larger~

Once again Carolina, or Black-capped Chickadee, they look so much alike, and we have them both here~

Aah, we have bid farewell to the lovely Dark-eyed Juncos for a few months.  
This one was sunning itself, just before the leaf foliage greened up~

White-breasted Nuthatch waiting for a turn at one of our feeders~

An American Robin watches over the Blue Juniper bush where she has laid 4 eggs in a nest~

At the site of the single Great Horned Owlet a couple of weeks ago, we watched as a territorial dispute went about with some Baltimore Orioles~

A male Eastern Bluebird watching for a meal to present itself.  
They have a nest with young ones, across the lane from us~

The final image may be quite disturbing, but it can also give us an opportunity to view one  gorgeous bird.  
This Yellow-Shafted Flicker flew into our patio door glass.  
Many times this will happen and more often, than not when a bird hits they survive, not this time~