<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I too am battling bald faced hornets. And boy, they are nasty. But they don't keep the orioles away. I am thinking of moving my hummer feeder, mine too is near my oriole feeder and the stinged insects chase the hummingbirds. My hummer feeder has ports that keep the bees out. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have to be careful when filling the jelly, to not get a hornet, and thus get stung. So far, I am good. I don't dare NOT fill the feeder though, or whenever I go outside I get scolded by chattering orioles! If I am late in filling it and it goes empty they really let me know! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Have you been scolded by over a dozen chattering orioles? Makes harvesting my garden a journey of guilt for me. My feeders are adjacent to my veg garden. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">And, by the by, why is the bald faced hornet called a hornet, but it is a wasp? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Confusing...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>- Pamela <br>Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” <br>― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43828.Aldo_Leopold" target="_blank">Aldo Leopold</a> </div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Jim Ryan via Mnbird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">I gave up feeding the Orioles weeks ago. The bald-faced hornets claimed my Oriole feeder and chased away any bird that came near - even the hummingbirds stayed away from their feeder, which was separate but near the Oriole feeder. The hornets alone chowed through my feeder daily and I got tired of refilling just for them. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Rebecca Field via Mnbird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">We've never had this many orioles here in Orono, though we get a good number each year. I fill the jelly and orange feeder daily, and they even drink up the hummingbird sweet water each day. The bees are in the jelly, but the birds don't seem to mind.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Rebecca Field</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:27 PM, <a href="mailto:crandallk@aol.com" target="_blank">crandallk@aol.com</a> via Mnbird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div style="font-size:10pt"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Same here in East Bethel on Cedar Creek, near Oak Grove in Northern Anoka County.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><div><div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Sent from my LG Optimus G Pro™<wbr>, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone</p></div></div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">------ Original message------</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b>From: </b>Pamela Freeman via Mnbird<u></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b>Date: </b>Tue, Aug 30, 2016 12:19 PM</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b>To: </b>Blaine Seeliger;</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b>Cc: </b>Mnbird;</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [Mnbird] Orioles keep coming</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">We are seeing amazing numbers of orioles also. We also had a large number breeding this year here. We do every year, and I suspect that some of the last year's young come back and also nest nearby, so that each year we have as many if not more. But we are going through huge amounts of jelly daily now. Usually there is a lag time of jelly in the summer when the orioles switch to insects for their young, this year we didn't stop feeding jelly to the orioles. (We also have rose breasted gros beaks that feed on the jelly at times when they are not eating and feeding insects, and cat birds, and this year we have had some chickadees (!) eating jelly also, and one red bellied wood pecker.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Usually we also have tanagers in the spring eating jelly, but I did not see any this year, but I am not here many week days during the day. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I keep thinking that usually the orioles are gone by now, but we have at least a dozen, many of them this year's young, males, many of them, and some mature females, and some mature males. I can't give a good true tally, and I am not entirely sure if they are all one species. I am fairly certain all are Baltimore, but earlier this summer I thought we had an orchard pair, but wasn't entirely certain. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I believe we had over 6 pair breeding this year. And there are at least a dozen if not more birds hanging around still. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am located in Oak Grove, northern Anoka county. My yard is open woods and marsh with a pond a creek, the woods is a mature hardword mixed oaks, maples, and others. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>- Pamela <br>Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” <br>― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43828.Aldo_Leopold" target="_blank">Aldo Leopold </a></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Blaine Seeliger via Mnbird <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">mnbird@lists.mnbird.ne<wbr>t</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">Every morning I wake up here in Farmington wondering how many Orioles we will have today.<br>
I expect this time of year the numbers to decrease they continue to hold tight or actually increase!<br>
We always have Baltimore and Orchard Orioles breeding on or around our property every year and this year was no exception. Over the course of the last month we've been averaging nearly a 2 pound jar of jelly per day, some days more recently.<br>
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Today's count.<br>
5 male Baltimore<br>
2 female Baltimore<br>
10 juv/1st yr Baltimore<br>
0 male/1st yr m orchards<br>
5 female/juv orchards<br>
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I believe we had two pairs of Baltimore and three pairs of orchards Breeding that came to visit us regularly throughout the summer.<br>
We really wish we knew if any of these birds are continuing to hang on or if they're all migrants at this point. I have a feeling the younger orchards are the ones that were raised here.<br>
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This count represents birds seen at once to confirm minimums. I'm sure there's many more with the constant coming and going.<br>
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Hope your day is just as awesome as this!<br>
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