For the last 2 days, I have had a male Baltimore Oriole "admiring himself" and sitting quietly in my picture and side windows being perched on the ledge with his eyes less than 2" away from the glass. He never bangs or otherwise flies into or at the window, just being perched their for up to a minute or so at a time. He makes only the slightest landing sounds -just wings futtering - and perching. He usually just peers around and maybe make a calling noise (his bill moves). I say maybe as I am usually unable to hear such calls. At first I thought he was looking for insects but there are none to look at. He sometimes does this for over a half hour, only taking a break at the jelly dish occasionally. BTW, he is probably a local nesting resident as I usually have a pair around during the appropriate season. Has anyone else seen this "quiet" behavior in orioles or other birds? Is this just his gentlemanly way of territorial defense much the same way as the often irritating method of cardinals and robins trying to beat out their brains in "self-defense"?. Roger Troutman Outside Lexington, Richland County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]