Since the Baltimore Oriole has been coming to the birdbath regularly, I thought I'd try my luck with orange halves again. In the past, they were ignored except by ants. Was I surprised to see the catbirds eating the oranges! After a week, there was nothing left but two empty halves. Maybe this is not unusual, but it sure was a first for me.
The other unusual thing was seeing the male Indigo Bunting pecking at the seed head of a plant I did not recognize. It just looks like a tall grass with little brown pointed seeds. I did take a photo in hopes of finding out what the plant is. The Indigo Bunting is a regular at the birdbath, but this is the first time I've seen one eat. It must be mighty tasty seed because he's been back a number of times this week, as late as 8:00 o'clock tonight. It finally dawned on me that during winter I had a feeder with COSTCO's birdfood hanging from a shepherds hook in that spot.
Not much Hummingbird activity but a male did treat us to the U maneuver yesterday.
