Date: 5/17/26 8:18 pm From: Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bullock's Oriole
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the heads-up on the Bullocks oriole. The next day, a mile north
of you (also on the western slopes of Lake Washington) a splendid male was
at the seed feeder for 20 seconds. With him was another male with much less
dramatic, almost fuzzy coloration. They goofed around in a nearby willow
for a minute, then vanished.
Slightly less rare for us was a flock of 20 cedar waxwings that
visited twice last week.
Today we had a pair of band tailed pigeons, also infrequently seen here.
We also had three large deer and a bobcat paw print this morning.
Zero wood ducks this year - don't know what the problem is.
Tom Dorrance
On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM J Christian Kessler via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> hust a few minutes ago - about 10:00 - a male Bullock's Oriole in breeding
> plumage landed for maybe a minute on our front deck, then flew north
> towards the neighbors yard! no time for a photo, but my wife and I both
> saw it clearly from 30 ft. away.
> the trees he was close to are a non-native cedar and a maple
> habitat okay, but wrong side of the mountains!
>
> Chris Kessler
> up slope from north Lake Washington
>
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