[TN-Bird] Great Egrets, good hummingbirds, oriole query (Henry Co)

From: Shawna Ellis <yodergoat@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tn Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:00:15 -0500
This evening as I was driving along the 218 bypass around Paris I saw
five Great Egrets in a flooded field. These were the first I've seen
this spring. A couple weeks ago this field had Blue-winged Teal and
Northern Shovelers.

We noticed this morning that we had large numbers (for us) of
hummingbirds at our feeders,which means about 6. We didn't stay home
long, however, as I was taking our daughter to a homeschool field day
event at Nature Station in Land Between the Lakes... about birds, of
course! When we arrived home at about 5:15 there were hummingbirds
absolutely swarming the feeders, and some feeders had been emptied. I
have never seen this many in the yard before, not even close!  I
hurriedly mixed more sugar water and put out the rest of the feeders,
so that now we have 8 up. But before doing that, I encouraged my 7
year old girl to stand near a feeder, and she delighted in the
exciting sensation of all the birds buzzing so near. Tentatively, she
held out a finger and then she thrilled as a few different birds
landed on it. This was a childhood hobby of mine, but a first for her.
I was glad to get pictures and video of her first close encounter.

Usually our neighbors have all the hummingbirds, so I wondered if
their feeders were empty and that was why we were bombarded. But they
arrived home (and presumably would have filled their feeders) over an
hour ago and we still have lots of birds, although there are quiet
moments between the activity.

I just noticed one female hummingbird enjoying the natural nectar from
daffodils and periwinkle... I suppose she was tired of that "processed
sugar" taste!

My husband brought home an oriole feeder yesterday. We haven't seen
any takers yet, and I'm wondering if Orchard Orioles like these? We
have more Orchards than Baltimores around the yard. Any suggestions
for attracting these? I have it right next to our water drip, since I
know the orioles come to that. I plan to offer fruit and/or jelly as
well.

Shawna Ellis
Paris, Henry County
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