Strikingly beautiful birds!
![](https://marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0065-1024x684.jpg)
There seem to be more Baltimore Orioles this year than in any of the other years I’ve been watching. Everywhere I go this summer, there are orioles. The brilliantly orange males catch your eye immediately. The females are more subtly colored but they are very active and fun to watch. A couple of weeks ago I posted pictures of the nest I had been watching. The little guys hopping out of the nest for the first time was unbelievably cute to see. My computer warned me that it might blow up if I continued to bring home picture of orioles, but that obviously hasn’t stopped me, as you will see!
Here is a male flying around the Wentworth Conservation Area at sunset.
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A7989-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A7990-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
And here is a female at the mulberry tree at the Arcadia Audubon Area,
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8515-1-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8519-1-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8520-1-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8524-1-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8605-1-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0395-1024x681.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A9971-1024x685.jpg?ssl=1)
and another male, also at that tree,
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8383-1-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8687-1-1024x681.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8690-1-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
and a young one learning to pick its own berries,
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0487-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0488-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0532-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
and a sweet moment with dad and baby.
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A8668-denoise-clear-2-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
Last night I watched a little guy chasing his father all around the tree, begging for food. In this case, the father clearly wanted to be left alone!
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0747-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0748-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0749-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0750-denoise-clear-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A0832-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A0833-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A0834-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A0824-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
But then he relented and fed his baby.
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0771-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0789-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0795-Edit-denoise-clear-1024x819.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0911-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0922-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0924-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0925-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0926-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0928-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0931-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
To my surprise, as it got to be quite dark, the father joined two chicks to pick up berries from the ground under the tree.
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0959-denoise-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0960-denoise-clear-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0963-denoise-clear-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0972-denoise-clear-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0985-denoise-clear-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0986-denoise-clear-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A0992-denoise-clear-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/94A1009-denoise-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
Here is a “build your own story” collection. I think of it as managing the harem! (along the Norwottuck Rail Trail) They were soon chased off by an aggressive Red-winged Blackbird.
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A1430-683x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A1436-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A1437-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A1443-683x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
Finally, for now, deep in the woods at Arcadia – a lone male foraging in the bushes.
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A1095-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A1097-denoise-clear-1024x682.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/marjoriemelnicknatureshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/94A1100-denoise-clear-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)