[Bristol-Birds] Baltimore Oriole photo from Compton Mt. in Buchanan Co., VA
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:43:58 -0400
Baltimore Oriole nest in Buchanan Co., VA by Roger Mayhorn.jpg
Photo by Roger Mayhorn
. Thursday, 12 Jun 2014
. Compton Mountain
. Buchanan Co., VA
This morning was foggy and damp here on the mountain after last night's
rain.
As I walked under the maple tree in the yard where the first Baltimore
Oriole
nest on the mountain now hangs, I heard a bird calling. I finally tracked
the
sound to the oriole nest. I soon found a single nestling sitting on the rim
of
the nest begging for food. Within a few minutes the female oriole came in
with
food. I was waiting for just that moment. The attached photo is the result.
I don't know if there are more eggs in the nest that didn't hatch or if they
did hatch and some predator got all of them but this one.
Later in the day I heard the nestling's call coming not from the tree but
from
the hedges below the tree. I couldn't see it but I soon saw the male oriole
fly
into the hedge with food. The young bird was still there late in the
evening. I
hope a neighbor's cat or the raccoon I often see in the yard at night
doesn't
find it.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt, VA
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