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nest was close, just a tree or two away.
Baltimore Orioles are famous for returning to the same area year after year. Sometimes the nest is built in the tree used the previous year. So, the male of ebony and black plumage returned to Fodderstack Road, sang his piping song that declared the territory his, and displayed his brilliant plumage for the female when she returned three or four days later.
The Baltimore Oriole was described by one early writer as “... the most skillful artisan of any North American bird.” The nest, slightly bulbous at the bottom and constricted at the top, is a tightly woven basket of grapevine bark, horsehair, grasses and other plant material, long and strong enough for the female, using only her bill, to weave into a tight basket, providing
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