Happy Birthday wallaby1 !!!!!

Have a Wonderful day!!

Happy, happy birthday.

Thank you pelle and cparts!

Wonderful it is, like a white Xmas, lol. Freezing fog on everything at 11.15am and -2C (28F). This is where I look for birds over the gate into the paddock, about 20 yards from my drive! The sun is shining through now at near 2.30pm but still foggy.

Happy Birthday! GM :)

Happy Birthday Wallaby1

Thank you GM and Lily_love!

LOL, now I can view sunnier views. I need to get out, the sun is shining a little more and it will be dark in a couple of hours!

Happy Birthday Wallably!! I really enjoy seeing the pics of your beautiful birds...have a great day!!

Rose

Happy Birthday Wallaby!

♪ Happy Birthday Wallaby! ♪

Thank you Rose, I enjoy all yours too!

Thanks sadie!

You sing well Panamon! Thanks!

More birthday wishes for you dear Wallaby! Wishing you birds and blooms and every good thing!

Thank you again angele! I would love to have Hummingbirds, none here but I have some cuties anyway. Got blooms too! Birds and blooms are amongst the best things!

I said it on the Photos Forum but I'll say it again. Have a wonderful, happy birthday.

Lol, thanks again bebop! I bet that butterfly pic was't taken today, lol, very pretty!

Happy Birthday Wallaby!!!

Thanks nanny! Oh isn't the little squirrel cute! He's peeking at me, lol.

Make a splash on your Birthday!

Hope you have a birdiful birthday Wallaby.

What a great pic Mrs Ed! Thanks, I couldn't spash in my tub today as it was frozen with an inch of ice, lol, might have been too cold too.

Lol, beclu, yes I had a birdiful birthday as the fog lifted!

Wallaby,

Happy Birthday!

Hope you had a wonderful Birthday!



A closeup of an Oriole sipping the sugar water in one of our Hummingbird feeders the morning of 6/20/07. It was fantastic to see it! Only time we ever saw it.

Marilyn

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Thanks Marilyn!

I love the colour of the Oriole, so exciting to see such a bird!

Wallaby,

Thanks! I love it too! Wished we could see them all Summer in the yard! I even went out and got an Oriole feeder, but never saw any bird ever use it. :-(

Here's the rest of the pics that DH or I took last June. These were all taken in the back yard. We have 4 Hummingbird feeders ( all the same style ) that we change the sugar water daily. 2 in the front yard and 2 in the back yard.

Another pic of the first one.

Another pic of the second one

Another photo of the Oriole ( similar to the first one ).

You must get a lot of Hummers! I wonder if you could find something else that might attract the Orioles.

Is this a thing they do commonly, drink sugar water, or was that one just very thirsty?

Wallaby,

Here's some links for Orioles

http://www.birdsforever.com/oriole.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Baltimore_Oriole.html

From the Cornell site: Food.....

Caterpillars, fruits, insects, spiders, and nectar.

They love grape jelly ( read somewhere that it has to be the Welch's brand ), fresh orange halves, sugar water

"Oriole's eat primarily insects, but in summer and fall eat fleshy fruits and berries. Mulberries, serviceberries, brambles, cherries, mountain ash, nuts and figs are among their favorite plant foods."

That's on the first link, they mention orange halves for attracting them to your backyard among other things. Also orange marmalade. I have noticed with some birds their colour matches the colour of berries they eat, or they have the colour on their head and elsewhere, maybe a camouflage while eaiting.

Try anything orange!

The Orioles that visit my yard love orange halves, the hummingbird nectar & grape jelly, yes, grape jelly!

Belated wishes for a happy birthday!! Hope your day was wonderful! Eleanor

Happy belated birthday, Wallaby!! Wouldn't be the same on Dave's without you :) Hope you had a great one!

OOPS! That wasn't the browse button!

Hey Wallaby.....hope you had a GREAT birthday!

Thanks grammy! We joined the white brigade, today was -2C (28F) at midday and still the same, but not as foggy and less freezing fog (as if that makes any difference at -2C, lol)

Thanks again booj! Nice to know I have such great friends on here! Oh yes, I relate to that owl, in the fog, lol.

Thanks gardenpom, gee this birthday just keeps going on, as long as that happens will I stay the same age? LOL.