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I’ve had many Orioles in the last several weeks. Far more than I’ve seen in the past. I’ve put two jelly feeders out hanging from under planter boxes on my deck railing and have seen both adults and young. They’re learning how to land and hang onto the vines
that drape down as well. I’m in extreme western Hennepin county, not far from Wright County line. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jul 26, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Pamela Brustman via Mnbird <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I have seen a dearth of Orioles since early July. I had many, then none. I am used to a pause in jelly feeding during the time when parental orioles feed insects to their young. But usually they come back to jelly, bringing those young with
them. Nary a flutter of orange have I seen.
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<div dir="auto">This in Wright county, almost Hennepin. </div>
<div dir="auto">My ex husband reports the same in Oak grove, Anoka county. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Also few cat birds there and normally he has a dozen. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 9:03 PM Allen Batt via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto"> A friend from southeast Nebraska maintains 400 bluebird nestboxes and fledges 2,000 bluebirds annually. His numbers are less than 10% of that this year. Young bluebirds have been scarce, but blue jay, oriole and grosbeak fledglings entertain
as they explore their new world. The day was a baby when I put peanuts in the shell into a feeder. A young blue jay had never seen such things. He tried to land on the feeder 15 times. I counted them. None involved a successful landing. He found the peanuts
vexing. An adult flew in, grabbed a shell and flew away. The youngster followed suit, but not without trepidation and several fumbled goober footballs.<br>
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