Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Aways Bee Feasting

I’d heard and seen a few reports of the lingering Baltimore Orioles in the Dell Water eating dead Honeybees scattered around the hives.

The day I visited, it was in the mid 40sF and some bees were out and about. This Oriole was grabbing live ones.

Picking them off at the hive entrances, sometimes reaching inside.

Trying for them in the air and missing…

…and sometimes succeeding.

One response to “Aways Bee Feasting”

  1. Those are great photos of that hungry bird, survival of predator eating it’s prey.

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