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 -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrea Anderson Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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. Sent from my iPhone > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]