{"id":9926,"date":"2023-05-22T15:21:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=9926"},"modified":"2023-05-22T15:21:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T19:21:04","slug":"we-have-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2023\/05\/22\/we-have-orioles\/","title":{"rendered":"We have Orioles!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Baltimore Orioles are native to our area, they are not commonly seen. In years past, we’ve had a few. But none stayed. Finally, we have a nesting pair (at least). Both the male and female show up at our jelly feeder several times every day. When the male came, he even visited our sunflower seed feeder, which is very unusual for these nectar-eating birds. We hear him singing his beautiful song all day, just a few yards west of the house. We’re hoping for a batch of babies hitting the feeder in weeks to come.<\/p>\n

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We were surprised to see this male oriole eating sunflower seeds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The oriole is getting his beak cleaned off after visiting the jelly feeder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Will finished spreading manure on the Sand and Central Gardens. But, today, he’s busy digging comfrey from the edge of the Sand Garden. Two years ago, I told him not <\/em>to till the edge of my comfrey bed, next to the garden. Of course, he did. Now we have a thick bed of comfrey in two spots in the Sand Garden. Comfrey is quite invasive, along with being a nice medicinal plant. I did not want it in the garden because of that. Oh well, stuff happens. While he was shoving our old cow manure piles into more manageable piles, the wet clay and manure clogged the tracks of the dozer. He took our pressure washer down there to clean it out. Well, it did clean the tracks \u2014 Will, not so much! He came up to the house looking like mud man. So cute!<\/p>\n

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Gee, who has been spray washing the dozer?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oh well, it’s good for the complexion, right?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The greenhouse plants look awesome now. I can’t wait to get them set out in the garden! But wait, we will. I’m sure we still have a renegade frost waiting out there, somewhere, to surprise us. Two nights ago, it dropped down to 33 degrees F! Big difference from 80, a couple of days ago. Our fruit trees are blossoming, and it looks like it should be a good fruit year. Especially nice are our Hansen’s Bush cherries. We love the way they set cherries all up and down the branches. Cherries, that make the best jam and preserves. Can’t wait! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although Baltimore Orioles are native to our area, they are not commonly seen. In years past, we’ve had a few. But none stayed. Finally, we have a nesting pair (at least). Both the male and female show up at our jelly feeder several times every day. When the male came, he even visited our sunflower […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9932,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9926\/revisions\/9932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}