Our Thursday bird walk at Laurel Hill Cemetery started with trees - a walk to see if the black locust trees were in bloom - they were:
and on the way, a tulip tree also in bloom
We saw various birds during that time - many of the usual suspects, but also a ruby-throated hummingbird and a hawk (Cooper's or sharp-shinned) that chased a smaller bird around a couple of nearby trees but without success as far as we saw.
Then we went in search of the oriole nest we had seen last week and - sure enough there was the nest, with young (at least two as you can see) and the parents coming and going with food.
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| Male Baltimore oriole perched... |
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| ...and taking flight |
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| Two young Baltimore orioles poking their heads out of the nest to look for a returning parent |
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| Adult male Baltimore oriole feeding young at the nest |
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