Margaret: I think your photo's taken through the window are wonderful! Love the pair of Flicker's and the Hawk! The Red-shouldered Hawks have been very active here of late. I was in the yard a couple of days ago with camera in hand and noticed the small birds in the bottlebrush tree making distress calls and turned and a Hawk was perched on the deck gate right below the tree. I was only about ten feet away and I startled him and he took off before I got a shot. Then yesterday my husband came in from walking the dog and hollered "Lin, grab your camera and come quick!" I went out and he said there was a hawk perched out front on a light post but by the time we walked back around it was gone. Osprey's are back too and I hope to get some pictures of them sometime soon.
Linda: Love that pretty Oriole! It's always exciting to see birds that don't normally frequent our area. We have the Orchard Oriole here but I don't see them often and the Baltimore Oriole passes through during migration. I cut oranges in half and cut a little hole in the center back of the rind and jam them onto the tree branches or put them on those "S" hooks to hang in the trees. The only birds I've seen enjoying them are the woodpeckers who seem to like orange juice!
