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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-DF05ADA0-22CD-4D83-B663-E6930F6213A8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Had the nest been active prior to his death- him bringing food to an incubat= ing female or? Cuckoldry? A strange scenario. I can=E2=80=99t believe he is s= till hanging there! Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Jun 11, 2018, at 6:09 PM, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote:= >=20 >=20 >=20 > As in most recent years, we have had at least one pair of Baltimore oriole= s nest building and feeding young in the weeping willow=E2=80=98s around our= pond. This year there is a dead male that seems to be attached in someway o= r hanging from the bottom of the nest. It has now been present for over a we= ek and does not appear to be rotting or predated . I suspect it got caught u= p in a tangle or might even have been attacked by another male or something.= It is too high and far out on a limb to retrieve it. Meanwhile a female is v= isiting the top of the nest every 10 to 15 minutes or so and I have observed= her carrying away a faecal sac. There is at least one other male that flies= around our property, calling and singing. >=20 > --=20 > Richard stern > sternrichard@gmail.com > Sent from Gmail Mobile > On my iPhone --Apple-Mail-DF05ADA0-22CD-4D83-B663-E6930F6213A8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Had the nest been active prior to his death= - him bringing food to an incubating female or? Cuckoldry? A strange scenari= o. I can=E2=80=99t believe he is still hanging there!<div><div><br></div><di= v>Nancy<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><b= r>On Jun 11, 2018, at 6:09 PM, Richard Stern <<a href=3D"mailto:sternrich= ard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquot= e type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><table id= =3D"spp-list" class=3D"d-spp" style=3D"border-collapse:collapse;border-spaci= ng:0px;height:773.375px;zoom:1;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;color:rgb= (34,34,34);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",arial,sans-serif;font-size= :13px;background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"><tbody><tr class=3D"spp-entry"><td s= tyle=3D"margin:0px;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;line-height:1.3em;vertical-ali= gn:top;height:187.484375px;border-width:2px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;b= order-top-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class=3D"se-hd" style=3D"margin:0px;p= adding:0px"><br></div><p class=3D"obs-comments" style=3D"margin:0.3em 0px 0p= x;padding:0px;line-height:1.3em">As in most recent years, we have had at lea= st one pair of Baltimore orioles nest building and feeding young in the weep= ing willow=E2=80=98s around our pond. This year there is a dead male that se= ems to be attached in someway or hanging from the bottom of the nest. It has= now been present for over a week and does not appear to be rotting or preda= ted . I suspect it got caught up in a tangle or might even have been attacke= d by another male or something. It is too high and far out on a limb to retr= ieve it. Meanwhile a female is visiting the top of the nest every 10 to 15 m= inutes or so and I have observed her carrying away a faecal sac. There is at= least one other male that flies around our property, calling and singing.</= p><div class=3D"se-detail" style=3D"margin:0.7em 0px 0px;padding:0.5em 0px 0= px;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(255,255,= 255)"><div class=3D"sd-head" style=3D"margin:0px;padding:0px;float:left;widt= h:110.71875px;font-size:12px"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></di= v>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_= signature">Richard stern<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternr= ichard@gmail.com</a><br>Sent from Gmail Mobile<br>On my iPhone</div> </div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-DF05ADA0-22CD-4D83-B663-E6930F6213A8--
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