BALTIMORE ORIOLE AND RED BELLIED WOODPECKER TAKE TURNS AT THE GRAPE JELLY FEEDERS

Recorded on May 17, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.
BALTIMORE ORIOLES VISIT KANSAS BY LATE MARCH AND STAY THROUGH AUGUST. THE BRIGHT FLAMING .ORANGE AND BLACK IS A SIGHT ..THE FEMALE IS PALE YELLOW/ORG. AND BROWN..
THEY BUILD A SOCK LIKE NEST ON THE OUTER MOST BRANCH OF TALL TREES. THE MALE IS A GREAT SINGER OF MANY SONGS. INDIANS OFTEN USED THE NEST AS PURSES.
THEY EAT INSECTS BUT ARE LOVERS OF GRAPE JELLY AND ORANGE SLICES. A SUGAR WATER NECTAR CAN ALSO BE USED BUT IT IS THE JELLY FAV.
THE WOODPECKER BUILDS IT'S HOME IN ROTTED LOGS AND TREES...HE BURIES BERRIES AND NUTS IN THE CREVICES OF THE TREE..IT STAYS YEAR ROUND AND USUALLY ENJOYS FEEDERS FILLED WITH NUTS AND FRUIT BUT HE COULDN'T RESIST CHECKING OUT THE JELLY GLASSES AND FOUND IT TO BE VERY TASTY.

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