Friday's Wildlife

As I sat working my crossword puzzle this morning,
two deer appeared in the back yard.

First they were munching on the leaves of berry trees,
then they found the cracked corn I put out for the squirrels & turkeys.

The deer stayed around for quite a while...
with Miss Kitty lying under a chair watching them.

When I opened the draperies in the bedroom
to take photos of the ruby-throat hummingbirds
the deer decided to leave...
any little movement & they are gone.

One little hummer

...then two

...now 3, no 4 have arrived.

At times (and as I write this) there are 10 flying around this one favorite feeder.
We have 3 feeders hanging,
but they seem to prefer the one where they can perch
rather than hover to drink the nectar.

Now as I was writing about the deer & hummers
something bright caught my eye.
Not a cardinal,
but an Oriole!


I had to use a smaller camera that would sort of focus through a window.
But because of this I couldn't get a good close-up that I could
achieve with my better camera.


Orioles migrate through here which is what this one is doing.
It is a male and from the photos looks
and the information provided in my
Birds of North America handbook,
I have concluded it is an Orchard Oriole.


Above are the berry bushes are where the oriole was when I first spotted him.
Our area is in its migratory path on its way to Mexico & points south.


Last, but not least is a squirrel.
He ran when I went outside to try to photograph the oriole.
The G-man is going to be disappointed that he missed the oriole...
maybe tomorrow.