Here in Medina County, by Medina Lake, I have at least 6-8 orioles that
frequent my feeders. Since the cicadas have arrived, no orioles, jelly
feeders are still full (drowned cicadas in the jelly too!). So I figure they
are pigging out on cicadas since I was going thru a jar of jelly at least
twice a week before the cicadas emerged.
Kathy N
Medina, OH
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Andrea Anderson
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:45 PM
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Subject: Re: Question relating birds and cicadas
We get Baltimore Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at the feeders in the
spring here in Jefferson County. They stay a few weeks and then disappear.
We have lots of Cicadas, but only finches and doves at the feeders now. A
plus with the Cicadas is we hear Yellow-billed Cuckoos all the time and have
even seen them in the yard numerous times.
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> On Jun 10, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Helen Ostermiller <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> We were particularly excited to have two pairs of Rose-breasted
> Grosbeaks and two Baltimore Orioles coming to our feeders this spring.
> This lasted for about 3 weeks; we were delighted to think they were
> nesting here. But now we haven't seen them for the past 2-3 weeks.
> Today, though, I've been hearing a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. If he's
> come to a feeder, I wasn't here to see him.
>
> Although our small woodlot did have some emergent cicadas, we didn't
> have enough for them to stick around, apparently. The cicada drone we
> hear is coming from a woodlot across a large mowed area perhaps a
> quarter mile from us or across the highway to the north.
>
> I wonder if "our" grosbeaks and orioles have followed the cicadas to
> where there's a concentration? Has anyone else seen this kind of
disappearance?
> Of course, we'll never know if the birds would have stayed and nested.
>
> I'd appreciate others' observations and thoughts.
>
> Helen Ostermiller
> southern Medina County in NE Ohio
>
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